XX Teens

Channel Art Brut, the Sugarcubes, The Cure, PIL, and NYC no-wave all at once may seem like a contrived and silly idea, not to mention more than a little tiresome, but it turns out that it’s not all that bad. XX Teens are a new band on Mute Records, releasing their debut album, Welcome to Goon Island, this fall. To whet your appetite, they’ve got this video running on Mute’s YouTube channel: