The xx are a band from South London, receiving a tremendous amount of buzz. They are on a numerous amount of playlists and have been name dropped more than once in TWBE’s HQ in the last week.

But that is not what this post is about. It’s about their performance of Island (from their self titled release) on the Jools Holland show. The performance has to win an award for best television performance. from the editing to the lighting, American talkshows need to take cues from this performance. Most of the time (whether it’s Letterman, Conan, Fallon, Leno, or Kimmel) the performances have horrible sound, bad lighting, tired cuts, and are just painful to watch. You can tell who ever edited this performance was a fan, great job. It definitely made me want to check out more from the band.