Infinity
Track 9 of xx, the longest on the standard edition.
The xx, from xx (2009)
Lyrics are by Sim and Madley Croft, with music from all four members at the time. Wikipedia says it was written and recorded in February 2009 with "Fantasy" and "Shelter" at XL Studio, and that Sim sang from the opposite side of the studio to Madley Croft after his microphone was unintentionally moved there, which gives the distant vocal exchange. It was not a single and has no video. Treble says it sinks into small silences around a guitar part and counts it with "Fantasy" among the tracks where the album's mystery lives, and Rock and Roll Globe admitted it blurs with "Shelter". We found no statement from the band on its meaning.
Setlist.fm shows it at 381 performances out of 591 setlists, a figure that looks high and that we could not check. At the 9:30 Club in Washington on October 5, 2010 it was the last song before the encore. Rihanna's "Drunk on Love" samples the album's "Intro", not this song. We cannot say whether our upload is the studio version.
On stage
- 2010-10-05, 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C. Played before the encore.
Sources
- xx (The xx album), Wikipedia
- The xx, xx, Treble (2009-09-30)
- Open air and big love: The xx's xx turns 10, Rock and Roll Globe