When artistes use intros, interludes and outros in their songs its normally to set the mood or get the right atmosphere for the tracks to come, or in the case of the outro to end the album in a specific atmosphere.
This xx, as I'm sure you'd all agree, are very poetic and particular in their songwriting, the arrangement of the tracks on their albums and also where this intro is concerned. It was placed on the album for a reason and we may give our opinions on why but The xx know why they put it on. Try listening the album without this intro and I'm sure you'd feel the difference in how you empathise with the following tracks. The same is true if you'd heard the album the first time without it.
Well all I'm saying is not to dismiss these pieces so quickly as the artistes put a lot of work into arranging them on the album to please you, their fans.
That's my take on it: it's there to set the mood or get the right atmosphere that The xx wanted for us to fully appreciate their work.
When artistes use intros, interludes and outros in their songs its normally to set the mood or get the right atmosphere for the tracks to come, or in the case of the outro to end the album in a specific atmosphere. This xx, as I'm sure you'd all agree, are very poetic and particular in their songwriting, the arrangement of the tracks on their albums and also where this intro is concerned. It was placed on the album for a reason and we may give our opinions on why but The xx know why they put it on. Try listening the album without this intro and I'm sure you'd feel the difference in how you empathise with the following tracks. The same is true if you'd heard the album the first time without it. Well all I'm saying is not to dismiss these pieces so quickly as the artistes put a lot of work into arranging them on the album to please you, their fans. That's my take on it: it's there to set the mood or get the right atmosphere that The xx wanted for us to fully appreciate their work.