Formerly known as Xerox Teens but now operating as XX Teens after legal action was threatened by photocopier manufacturer Xerox.
Previously labelled absurd, eccentric, political, experimental, it sometimes seems people find it rather hard to get a handle on the XX Teens, yet their plan is simple. Born from the great British art school tradition their approach is to create the most interesting & expansive music possible with the limited tools they have available; an aesthetic that seeps into everything they do from videos to photos to extra curricular activities such as training dogs to dance. Yet such apparent frippery shouldn?t disguise the fact that they are able to pen rather fine songs, as Welcome To Goon Island attests.
Previous singles such as Onkawara, Darlin’ and How To Reduce The Chances Of Being A Terror Victim have already seen them bag single of the week slots in NME, praise from the likes of Zane on Radio1, Marc riley on 6 Music, front covers of Artrocker and a slot in the NME?s tracks of 2007 list. And with Welcome To Goon Island, XX teens look set to bring a bit of depth & technicolour joy into the sometime hegemonic drabness of the current musical landscape. Amen.
The band's current line-up is as follows:
Rich Cash
Antony Silvester
William Morrow
Jorgen Raa
Leo Taylor
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From Wikipedia:XX Teens, formerly Xerox Teens are a five-piece band from London. They began performing in London in 2004 and since then have released six singles and an EP. Their debut album Welcome To Goon Island was released on 28 June 2008 on Mute Records. It includes the songs "Onkawara/B-54", "Darlin'", "The Way We Were", "Only You" and other songs from previous releases. The album was recorded with Ross Orton. In April 2007 the group were on the cover of ArtRocker magazine.
The song "Darlin'" from the album Welcome To Goon Island was included in "NME's Tracks Of The Year 2007".
At Underage Festival 2008 the band invited political activist Brian Haw onstange after their performance to talk to the crowd about his anti-war protests.
They are signed to Mute for recordings, and have a deal with Sentric Music for publishing.