Coexist

allmusic

fantano

On their sophomore effort, London dream pop outfit the xx drum up more of the skeletal, emotive style their first album delivered.

rollingstone

It's not what the xx put into their music. It's what they leave out. On their second LP, as on their 2009 debut, the Londoners are masters of restraint, building songs from simple chord progressions, delicate guitar and keyboard ostinatos, the gentle rub of Romy Madley-Croft and Oliver Sim's his-and-hers croons – and, most of […]

pitchfork

The London trio follows its now-classic 2009 debut with an album that's even more stripped down and minimal. Coexist takes the most distinctive things about the xx and eliminates virtually everything else.