Hrishikesh Hirway

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The XX formed in 2005 when they were still in high school.

They signed to the UK label Young and put out their first album in 2009.

It won the prestigious Mercury Prize and was named one of the best albums of the year by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, and more.

And since then, The Guardian has named it one of the best albums of the 21st century.

This year, the three band members, Rami Croft, Oliver Sim, and Jamie XX, played together as the XX for the first time in eight years.

I spoke to them in between the weekends at Coachella, where they were opening their sets with the song Crystallized.

It's the first song that they ever released back in April 2009, when the lineup also included Barya Qureshi on guitar.

I spoke to Rami, Jamie, and Oliver here at my studio about how they first found each other and how they made Crystallized.

Oh, let me play you Oliver's vocal stem because you can hear Rami singing in the background being picked up by his mic and vice versa.

And now, here's Crystallized by The XX in its entirety.

Go slow.

This episode was produced by me, Craig Ely, Mary Dolan, and Kathleen Smith, with production assistance from Tiger Biscop.

The episode artwork is by Carlos Lerma, and I made the show's theme music and logo.

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I'm Rishikesh Herway.