A Promise - Album
A Promise (Album) by Xiu Xiu
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Artist Biography For Xiu Xiu
Xiu Xiu Pronounced "shoo Shoo" is An American Experimental Group Formed in 2002 In San Jose California By Original Members Jamie Stewart Lauren Andrews Yvonne Chen And Cory McCulloch. Currently The Line-Up Consists Of Jamie Stewart The Only Constant Member Since Formation And Angela Seo. The Group Is based out Of Los Angeles and New York. Over The Life Of The Band Their Music Has Taken Influence From Noise Modern Classical Dance Post-Punk Minimalism Asian Percussion Music And American Folk Music. Frequently Noted As Well Are The Films Of Todd Solondz Shohei Imamura David Lynch And Seijun Suzuki And The Books Of Elfriede Jelinek V.S Naipaul Yukio Mishima And Ingeborg Bachmann. Over Both Song Concepts Or Music Videos The Art Of Xiu Xiu Is Often Memorable To A Newcomer By Its Divisive Response. The Music Of Xiu Xiu Has Been Noted For The Lead Singer's Bleakness Either Contrasting Or Complementing The Chaotic Instrumentation Lyrics Commonly Including References To depression Suicide Family Issues Militarized Violence Abuse Sexual Disaffection And Body Dysmorphia. The Band's Public Image Has Taken A Similar Tone Including The Insertion Of A Poster Into An LP Sleeve For The Album "Dear God I Hate Myself" Of Photographs Of Band-Related Cuts Brands And Tattoos Sent By Listeners. They Have Been Critically Divisive. To Date They Have Released Well Over 50 Titles Including Albums 7inches Books Film Works And Dance Pieces. They Have Collaborated With A Number Of artistic and musical luminaries such as Carla Bozulich Michael Gira Merzbow Dahn Vo Monika Gryzmala Grouper Larsen These Arches Deerhoof John Congleton Dirty Beaches Oxbow And Shearwater. The name Xiu Xiu is taken from the film "Xiu Xiu The Sent Down Girl." They Currently release albums on Bella Union and Polyvinyl Records.
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Xiu Xiu Pronounced "shoo Shoo" is An American Experimental Group Formed in 2002 In San Jose California By Original Members Jamie Stewart Lauren Andrews Yvonne Chen And Cory McCulloch. Currently The Line-Up Consists Of Jamie Stewart The Only Constant Member Since Formation And Angela Seo. The Group Is based out Of Los Angeles and New York. Over The Life Of The Band Their Music Has Taken Influence From Noise Modern Classical Dance Post-Punk Minimalism Asian Percussion Music And American Folk Music. Frequently Noted As Well Are The Films Of Todd Solondz Shohei Imamura David Lynch And Seijun Suzuki And The Books Of Elfriede Jelinek V.S Naipaul Yukio Mishima And Ingeborg Bachmann. Over Both Song Concepts Or Music Videos The Art Of Xiu Xiu Is Often Memorable To A Newcomer By Its Divisive Response. The Music Of Xiu Xiu Has Been Noted For The Lead Singer's Bleakness Either Contrasting Or Complementing The Chaotic Instrumentation Lyrics Commonly Including References To depression Suicide Family Issues Militarized Violence Abuse Sexual Disaffection And Body Dysmorphia. The Band's Public Image Has Taken A Similar Tone Including The Insertion Of A Poster Into An LP Sleeve For The Album "Dear God I Hate Myself" Of Photographs Of Band-Related Cuts Brands And Tattoos Sent By Listeners. They Have Been Critically Divisive. To Date They Have Released Well Over 50 Titles Including Albums 7inches Books Film Works And Dance Pieces. They Have Collaborated With A Number Of artistic and musical luminaries such as Carla Bozulich Michael Gira Merzbow Dahn Vo Monika Gryzmala Grouper Larsen These Arches Deerhoof John Congleton Dirty Beaches Oxbow And Shearwater. The name Xiu Xiu is taken from the film "Xiu Xiu The Sent Down Girl." They Currently release albums on Bella Union and Polyvinyl Records.
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Published: 10 Oct 2008, 23:26
A Promise Is Xiu Xiu's Second LP And Was Released 18 Feb. 2003 On 5 Rue Christine. It Continued The Experimental Harshness Unsettling Weirdness And Viscerally Powerful Sound That Created A N Famous/infamous Reputation For Jamie Stewart The Band's Central Member And Singer That Had Followed Him From His Debut Knife Play. This Record Is A More Polished Effort Than The Debut Was. Production Levels Are Higher More Instruments Are Used And The Sound Is Just More Clean Overall. Stewart's Voice While It Still Reaches Uniquely Disquieting And Powerful Tones With Sheer Force And Drama Is A Bit More Controlled This Time Around. The Lyric Matter Is Still Probing And Confrontational - It Is As If He Is Voicing Deep-Set Unconscious Fears And Tragedies Perhaps Of His Own History With Tales Of Family Relationships Gone Wrong Sex The Embarrassment The Violence The Hedonism The Shock... Everything Really And They Sound Like Secrets A Person Would Normally Hide From Others. It's What Makes Xiu Xiu So Distinguished In Today's Music Stewart Really "goes There " So To Speak. This Element Of His Lyrical Styling Is What Makes The Band So Divisive** Some People Are Delightfully Surprised To Find Music That Is Actually Able To Shock And Scare People And In This Day And Age Perhaps That Is Quite An Achievement But Other People Just Don't Have An Ear For All The Avant-Garde Flairs Or The Taboo References. The Record Contains A Cover Song Fast Car. Originally By Tracy Chapman Stewart's Rendition Of The Song Is A Very Sparse And Minimal Interpretation It's Just Him With An Acoustic Guitar And In The Context Of The Album It's An Odd Moody Piece Of Restrained Weirdness Compared To The Other Songs. Otherwise The Band Tends Toward Noise Frenetic Tempos Dissonances And Theatrical Vocal Arrangements To Elicit The Palpable Oddness In Their Songs. Highlights Of These Elements In Action Include Apistat Commander Sad Redux-O-Grapher Blacks And Ian Curtis Wishlist An Especially Eerie Tribute To The Late Joy Division Singer That Features Some Of The Most Blaring But Emotional Synthesizer Work Ever Recorded . ** Famously The Website Fakejazz Rated Knife Play With Question Marks Rather Than Numbers As Usual He Is No Less Polarizing In This Record But There Is Better Production To Mitigate Some Of The Negative Responses That Happened Before This Record.