The xx at Electric Picnic: 'These former gourmands of glum were perfect party starters'

Ed Power reviews the xx performance on the first night of Electric Picnic in Stradbally.

NIGHT had fallen as the xx began their Electric Picnic headline slot. A backdrop of gathering darkness would once have been made to measure for the London three-piece. But with their most recent album, I See You, they’ve thrown open the shutters and let the light in.