After going from bookies favourites to being pushed aside by Paul Weller in the odds race The xx have tonight (September 7th) taken home the Mercury Prize for their debut album xx.
Released over a year ago now the album became a sleeper hit and took a while to break into the mainstream but once it did there was no looking back.
Upon collection their award Oliver Sim had this to say,
“Wow! We’ve had the most incredible year. It’s like we’ve woken up every day to something incredible we weren’t expecting. It’s felt a bit like a haze. Just being here has been like a weird moment of clarity of what’s happened, it just means so much”
Congratulations to The xx for a well deserved win, here’s hoping their next album is just as good if not better.
(via TIFDIY)
