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The xx (2009)
Our biggest, most of-the-moment example is also maybe the smallest and quietest on record. Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim have a familiar vocal relationship: the graceful beauty and the rough-around-the-edges bloke. But they are unusual for the empty spaces they navigate. With backing tracks so faintly suggestive, their interplay is asked to carry that much more space.
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