City of the Sun • Intro (The XX) • Central Park • 6/7/14

City of the Sun was born in the subways, streets, and local bars of New York City. In the very beginning, what became some of the band’s most devoted fans discovered them while waiting for the C train after work, or walking across Union Square Park at sunset. As many may know, New Yorkers are generally unaffected by street performers, or “buskers,“ but this guitar duo’s sounds managed to grab plenty of attention. Be it their driving rhythms, precision, speed, or fluid melodies—something, a certain spark, en