Xiu Xiu (Jamie Stewart, Angela Seo, Ches Smith) de Brooklyn/Durham (USA)
El primer disc es del 2002, i ja porten 10 (7 d’estudi), el grup americà de Jamie Stewart, continua sorprenent amb les seves creacions, admiració o irritació, uns creadors d’un so peculiar. Davant de la marxa de Caralee McElroy (esta amb Cold Cave) no es nota gens. Es el disc mes complert d’ells, amb lletres molt inspirades, molt violentes, cruels i reals, Jamie Stewart mostra la part mes fosca i tortura de si mateix amb lo’album, amb una mescla de influencies molt gran des de les guitarres al so industrial.
GRAN ALBUM, MOLT RECOMENABLE, GRAN DISC!!!!!!!!
I per desgracia nostre, la gira Europea no passa dels Pireneus…… Una altre cop sera….
“If you expect me to be outrageous/ I will be extra outrageous,” Stewart sings on “Gray Death”, but that’s a tall order for a guy who began his career with albums called Knife Play and Fag Patrol. If his obsessions with negative self-image, violence, and mental disorder have lost some of their shock value, that’s okay: “Gray Death” doesn’t need it to be an excellent song. It has an instantly appealing vocal melody and an urgent arrangement for acoustic guitar and synthesizer, not to mention one of those touching moments Stewart uses to temper his brutality: “You were beautiful and I loved you/ My little bank robbing boy/ You were beautiful and I lost you/ Like a whip covered in pins and glue.” Now that the novelty of his volatile temperament has worn off, we can hear his sharp songwriting and fascinating sound design more clearly. (Pitchfork)
Releases:
2002- Knife Play (Album) 5 Rue Christine
2003- A Promise (Album) 5 Rue Christine
2004- Fabulous Muscles (Album) Tomlab
2005- Life And Live (Album) Xeng
2005- Live 7-26-04 (Album) Nail In The Coffin
2006- Creepshow (Album) States Rights Records
2006- The Air Force (Album) 5 Rue Christine
2007- Remixed & Covered (2xCD) 5 Rue Christine
2008- Women As Lovers (Album) Kill Rock Stars
2009- You Can’t Hear Me (DVD) MVD Visual
Xiu Xiu - Dear God I Hate Myself (Album-2010)
Tracklist:
01. Gray Death 2:52
02. Chocolate Makes You Happy 3:54
03. Apple For A Brain 3:23
04. House Sparrow 2:38
05. Hyunhye’s Theme 3:27
06. Dear God, I Hate Myself 3:05
07. Secret Motel 2:05
08. Falkland Rd. 3:01
09. The Fabrizio Palumbo Retaliation 2:56
10. Cumberland Gap 1:32
11. This Too Shall Pass Away (For Freddy) 3:30
12. Impossible Feeling 3:41
YouTube:
Xiu Xiu – Dear God, I Hate Myself (2010) Audio
Xiu Xiu – Gray Death (2010) Audio
Xiu Xiu – Chocolate Makes You Happy (2010) Audio
