The xx’s Romy: ‘I can now write about loving a woman and not feel afraid’

The singer’s solo album is a love letter to her formative years of queer clubbing and Euro-dance

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Jim Carroll: Acts may be getting younger, but problems they encounter with labels are age-old ones

In recent times, the flurry of young acts getting courted, seduced and signed by major labels has been striking in the extreme