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    Songs We Love: Helium, 'XXX'

    A round of reissues for Mary Timony's old band Helium comes with a cleaned-up version of the "XXX" video, proving that the art of the moody, attitude-filled music video peaked in the 1990s.
    by Paula Mejia Mar 23, 2017 2 minutes
    Helium's rarities compilation <em>Ends With And</em>, plus vinyl reissues of <em>The Dirt Of Luck, The Magic City</em> and the <em>No Guitars</em> EP, come out May 19.

    The art of the moody, attitude-filled music video peaked in the 1990s, with the likes of Natalie Imbruglia's "" and 's "" giving adult angst an iconic aesthetic. Yet few videos are as capricious (and cheeky) as Helium's "XXX," newly cleaned up from its poor YouTube rips. It features the Boston band loitering around a cavernous

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