Lub XX yog ib qho lus Askiv indie pop band tsim hauv 2005 hauv Wandsworth, London. Cov pab pawg tau tso tawm lawv qhov debut album XX thaum Lub Yim Hli 2009. Lub album tau mus txog kaum sab saum toj ntawm 2009, nce siab ntawm tus lej 1 ntawm Tus Saib Xyuas cov npe thiab tus lej 2 ntawm NME.
Nyob rau hauv 2010, lub band yeej Mercury Music nqi zog rau lawv debut album. Lawv thib ob album Coexist tau tso tawm thaum lub Cuaj Hlis 10, 2012, thiab lawv qhov thib peb album Kuv Pom Koj pom lub ntiaj teb 5 xyoo tom qab lub Ib Hlis 13, 2017.
2005-2009: Tsim XX
Tag nrho plaub tus tswv cuab thawj zaug tau ntsib hauv Tsev Kawm Elliott hauv London. Los ntawm txoj kev, lub tsev kawm ntawv no paub txog kev yug me nyuam rau ntau tus kws ua yeeb yam thiab ntaus suab paj nruag rau lub ntiaj teb, xws li: faus, Plaub Tet thiab Kub Chip.
Oliver Sim thiab Romy Madeley-Croft tau tsim pab pawg ua yeeb yam thaum lawv muaj hnub nyoog 15 xyoos. Guitarist Bariya Qureshi tau koom nrog xyoo 2005 thiab 1 xyoos tom qab Jamie Smith tau koom nrog pawg.
Tab sis tom qab Baria tawm hauv 2009, tsuas yog peb tus tswv cuab ntawm pawg neeg tseem nyob - cov no yog Oliver, Romy thiab Jamie.
Cov ntawv ceeb toom thawj zaug tau hais tias yog vim kev qaug zog, tab sis Oliver Sim tom qab lees paub tias cov txiv neej hauv pab pawg tau txiav txim siab lawv tus kheej:
"Kuv xav rov hais dua qee cov lus xaiv ... ntau tus hais tias nws tus kheej tawm hauv pab pawg. Tab sis nws tsis yog. Nws yog qhov kev txiav txim siab uas kuv, Romy thiab Jamie tau ua. Thiab nws yuav tsum tshwm sim. "
Madeley-Croft tom qab piv qhov "sib cais" rau tsev neeg sib nrauj.
2009-2011: XXIV
Cov pab pawg debut album XX tau ntsib nrog kev qhuas tseem ceeb thiab tau txais "kev qhuas thoob ntiaj teb" kev ntaus nqi ntawm Metacritic.
Lub album kuj tau nce siab ntawm tus naj npawb ib ntawm lub xyoo cov npe nrov tshaj plaws, muab tus lej 9 ntawm Rolling Stone cov npe thiab tus lej thib ob ntawm NME.
Nyob rau 50 NME Lub Neej Yav Tom Ntej 2009 daim ntawv teev npe, XX tau nyob qib 6, thiab thaum Lub Kaum Hli 2009 lawv tau raug hu ua ib qho ntawm 10 pawg MTV Iggyc Buzz (ntawm CMJ Music Marathon 2009).
Lawv album tau tso tawm ntawm UK daim ntawv lo Young Turks thaum Lub Yim Hli 17, 2009. Txawm hais tias qhov tseeb tias yav dhau los cov qhab tau ua haujlwm nrog cov neeg tsim khoom xws li Diplo thiab Kwes, lawv tau txiav txim siab los ua lawv tus kheej ntau lawm. Raws li cov kws ua yeeb yam lawv tus kheej, XX album tau kaw hauv ib lub chaw nres tsheb me me uas yog ib feem ntawm XL Recordings studio.
Vim li cas thiaj muaj? Txhawm rau tuav lub siab thiab lub xeev tshwj xeeb. Qhov no feem ntau yog thaum hmo ntuj, uas ua rau lub album tsis tshua muaj mob.
Thaum lub Yim Hli 2009, cov qhab tau tshaj tawm lawv txoj kev ncig ua si. Lub XX ncig xyuas nrog cov neeg ua yeeb yam xws li Cov Hluav Taws Xob Zoo Nkauj, Lub Paj Loj Loj thiab Micachu.
Thiab lawv thawj qhov kev vam meej yog ua tsaug rau ib leeg Crystalised. Nws yog nws uas ntaus iTunes (UK) ua "ib lub lis piam", pib txij lub Yim Hli 18, 2009.
Cov nkauj los ntawm cov nkauj tau nthuav tawm ntau hauv TV thiab hauv xov xwm xws li: 24/7, Tus Neeg Txaus Siab, NBC qhov kev pab cuam ntawm 2010 Lub Caij Ntuj Sov Olympic Games; kuj thaum lub caij txias txias, Suits, Mercy, Next Top Model, Bedlam, Hung, 90210.
Tsis tas li ntawd, lawv tau tuaj tos rau E4 kev lag luam nyob rau lub Peb Hlis 2010 rau 90210, Misfits, Karl Lagerfeld Caij Nplooj Ntoos Hlav / Lub Caij Ntuj Sov 2011 zam yeeb yam, Waterloo Road thiab hauv zaj yeeb yaj kiab Kuv Muaj Plaub.
Thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2010, Matt Groening tau xaiv cov pab pawg los ua si ntawm Tag Nrho Tag Nrho Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm, uas nws tau kho hauv Minehead, England.
Tsis tas li ntawd, cov qhab tau ua si tsib ntawm North America cov suab paj nruag nrov tshaj plaws: Coachella, Sasquatch, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza thiab Austin City Limits.
Thaum lub Tsib Hlis 2010, BBC tau siv Intro taug qab los npog qhov kev xaiv tsa dav dav rau xyoo 2010. Qhov no ua rau cov pab pawg ua si ntawm ib ntu ntawm Newsnight.
Cov nkauj kuj tau coj mus kuaj hauv Rihanna's Drunk on Love los ntawm nws album Tham That Talk. Nws kuj tau siv rau qhov kawg scene hauv 2012 zaj duab xis Project X, thiab kuj tau ua si ua ntej UEFA Euro 2012 kev sib tw ntawm cov chaw ntau pob hauv tebchaws Poland thiab Ukraine.
Thaum lub Cuaj Hlis 2010, pawg thawj coj album yeej Barclaycard Mercury nqi zog, yeej British thiab Irish Album ntawm Xyoo.
Tom qab kev tshaj tawm nyob rau hauv lub koob tsheej, lub album tau nce los ntawm tus lej 16 mus rau tus lej 3 ntawm cov kab kos suab paj nruag, uas ua rau muaj kev muag khoom ntau dua ob npaug.
XL cov phiaj xwm kev lag luam tau nthuav dav heev tom qab qhov kev yeej no. Vim muaj koob meej, XL Cov Ntaub Ntawv tau hais tias nws tso tawm ntau dua 40 CDs nyob rau hnub tom qab Mercury Awards.
XL Tus Thawj Coj Tus Thawj Coj Ben Beardsworth piav qhia, "Nrog Mercury yeej ... txhua yam tau txhim kho zoo heev thiab pab pawg yuav mus txog ntau thiab ntau cov neeg tuaj saib nrog lawv cov suab paj nruag."
Cov qhab no raug xaiv tsa rau "Best British Album", "Best British Breakthrough" thiab "Best British Group" ntawm 2011 BRIT Awards, muaj nyob rau 15 Lub Ob Hlis 2011 ntawm O2 Arena hauv London. Txawm li cas los xij, lawv tsis tau yeej hauv ib pawg.
2011-2013: Txaus siab rau kev ua koob tsheej
Nyob rau lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2011, Smith tshaj tawm tias nws xav tso tawm ib daim ntawv thib ob. "Feem ntau ntawm cov khoom uas kuv tab tom ua haujlwm tam sim no yog XX thiab peb tab tom yuav pib kaw. Cia siab tias yuav ua rau lub sijhawm rau feem ntau ntawm cov koob tsheej xyoo tom ntej vim tias nws yuav tsum txaus! "
Lawv rov qab los ntawm kev ncig xyuas, tau so me ntsis thiab tawm ntawm kev ua koob tsheej. Hauv kev xam phaj, lawv tau hais tias: “Thaum peb muaj 17 xyoo, peb tsis nco txog peb lub neej thaum txhua tus muaj kev lom zem. Cov suab paj nruag qws yeej cuam tshuam peb album thib ob. "
Thaum Lub Rau Hli 1, 2012, nws tau tshaj tawm tias Coexist's thib ob album yuav raug tso tawm rau lub Cuaj Hlis 10. Thaum Lub Xya Hli 16, 2012, lawv tso Angels ua ib leeg rau Coexist. Thaum Lub Yim Hli 2012, Lub XX tau nthuav tawm ntawm daim npog ntawm #81 ntawm Lub Fader magazine. Vim yog qhov hype, cov album tuaj tawm txawm tias ua ntej hnub kawg lawv tau teem tseg. Twb tau nyob rau lub Cuaj Hli 3, kev koom tes nrog Internet Explorer Lub XX, ib qho tiav thib ob album tau tso tawm.
Cov qhab txuas ntxiv ua yeeb yam ntawm cov festivals. Thiab thaum lub Cuaj Hlis 9, 2012, nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm cov neeg tuaj saib coob tshaj plaws, cov pab pawg tau tshaj tawm tias lawv yuav ua lawv thawj North American ncig saib, uas yuav pib thaum Lub Kaum Hli 5 hauv Vancouver (Canada).
Nyob rau hauv 2013, Lub XX tau tuav ib tug series ntawm peb concerts nyob rau hauv cov style ntawm lub Success "Hmo + Hnub" nyob rau hauv Berlin, Lisbon thiab London. Kev ua koob tsheej muaj kev ua yeeb yam thiab cov txheej txheem ntawm DJs tsim los ntawm pab pawg, suav nrog Kev Siab Zoo thiab Mount Kimbie.
Txhua lub koob tsheej xaus nrog kev hais kwv txhiaj hmo ntuj los ntawm pab pawg. Tsis tas li ntawd xyoo ntawd, Lub XX tau raug xaiv tsa rau Brit Awards rau Best British Band, txawm tias poob rau Mumford & Cov Tub.
Nyob rau lub Plaub Hlis 2013, Lub XX tau nthuav tawm zaj nkauj Ua Ke ntawm lub suab nkauj rau Lub Great Gatsby. Thiab Fox Broadcasting tau siv lawv cov Intro taug qab los npog World Series.
2014-2017: Ua Haujlwm Rau Kuv Pom Koj
Thaum lub Tsib Hlis 2014, cov qhab tau tshaj tawm tias lawv yuav mus ua haujlwm ntawm peb lub studio album. Lawv yuav tau txais kev pab hauv qhov no los ntawm tus tsim khoom Rodaid McDonald ntawm Marfa Recording Studios hauv Texas.
Thaum lub Tsib Hlis 2015, Jamie tau hais tias cov ntaub ntawv yuav muaj "lub tswv yim sib txawv" dua li lawv cov nkauj dhau los. Thoob plaws hauv 2015, pawg neeg txuas ntxiv lawv txoj haujlwm thiab tau npaj tias cov nkauj yuav raug tso tawm thaum kawg ntawm 2016. Tab sis, txhawm rau kom txhua yam ua tau zoo, lawv tau ceeb toom rau pej xeem tias lawv xav tau sijhawm ntxiv.
Thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2016, Lub XX tshaj tawm tias lawv qhov thib peb studio album, Kuv Pom Koj, yuav raug tso tawm thaum Lub Ib Hlis 13, 2017. Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm lawv tso tawm ib leeg On Hold. Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 19, 2016, Lub XX tau tshwm sim ua tus qhua suab paj nruag rau Hnub Saturday Hmo Ntuj Live. Lawv ua cov nkauj On Hold and I Dare You. Thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2, 2017, pawg tau tso tawm album thib ob tus thawj coj ib leeg, Hais Ib Yam Kev Hlub.
Cov pab pawg kuj tseem nrov heev rau niaj hnub no. Txhua xyoo nws tsis txo qis hauv kev ntsuam xyuas, tab sis tsuas yog nce.
