WHEN WE WERE YOUNG

Young Queer Rural Texas Love Shines In New ‘xx’ Video

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Some things we remember about being teenagers: angst, lots of angst; countless hours spent on the phone (followed by the revolutionary advent of AIM); hormones firing off like the 4th of July. Oh, and team sports were peripherally a thing, specifically campus football.

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Calculating these elements against the new video for “On Hold” by British band The xx, and — hold on, the results are still rendering — ah yes, just as we expected. This is one totally youthful feelgasm, with the only modern twist being a reflection of today’s pansexual revolution.

Kids today!

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The track is off the band’s forthcoming January album, and was shot in Marfa, Texas, which is an international hub for minimalist art, of all things.

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