Known for her stripped-back guitar style, which is heavily influenced by both
her classical training and 90s R&B acts such as Aaliyah and Mary J. Blige, Romy
Madley Croft is an English musician and songwriter. She rose to prominence as
the lead guitarist and vocalist of the English indie rock band The xx. She was
born in London on August 18, 1989, and grew up in the city's southwest area.
Romy Madley Croft attended Elliott School, a comprehensive school in Putney,
where she met Oliver Sim and Jamie Smith, who would go on to become her
bandmates in The xx. The three of them formed...