Library Rock's Backpages

the xx: Night + Day, Berlin

Kate Mossman, The Guardian, 22 May 2013

SPLIT OPEN the head of Jamie xx and you might expect to find an image of post-industrial sadness – an empty ferris wheel turning in the rain, perhaps, in the shadow of a smoke-belching chimney. This is what greets you on the approach to the abandoned GDR theme park the xx have chosen for their second Night + Day, a series of atmospheric one-day festivals in "locations of great beauty" featuring music, and food, chosen by the band.

Total word count of piece: 755

Subscribe

Becoming a member is easy. Membership gives you access to all the thousands of articles in the library.

Click here to go to Subscribe page.

Click here for academic and other group subscriptions.