Hotly hyped and underage, the members of the xx have been making a fuss in the U.K. for the past four years, and their icy electronic and indie-pop melodies have made them NME heroes when most people their age were playing rounds of beer pong. The xx dropped its self-titled debut earlier this year, and it’s sure to make numerous best-of lists. Listen to “Basic Space,” and you’ll remember why. Thanks to some too-cool-for-school vocals and a video with a simple black backdrop and neon lights, “Basic Space” is as chilly as winter and as hip as Animal Collective covering Tom Waits.
