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Xiu Xiu (/ ˈ ʃ uː ʃ uː / SHOO-shoo) [1] is an American experimental rock band, formed in 2002 by singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart in San Jose, California. [2] [3] Currently, the line-up consists of multi-instrumentalists Stewart (the only constant member since formation), Angela Seo, and percussionist David Kendrick.
Angel Guts is Xiu Xiu's follow-up studio album to its 2012 Always. [3] The album was recorded at Nurse, the home studio of Jamie Stewart, and the Elmwood studio of producer John Congleton in Dallas, Texas. [4] The instruments on the album are limited to analog drum machines, analog synthesizers, and a drum set. [4]
Ignore Grief is a two-part album with one half depicting the suffering of five people connected to the band, and the other depicting imaginary stories. Lyrically, the album deals with said suffering, and acts as an "abstract exploration of the early rock and roll 'Teen Tragedy' genre", through themes such as prostitution, sex trafficking, murder, cults and substance abuse.
Forget (stylized in all caps) is the tenth studio album by experimental band Xiu Xiu, released on February 24, 2017. [3] Produced by John Congleton , Greg Saunier , and Angela Seo , it features contributions from Charlemagne Palestine , Kristof Hahn , Vaginal Davis , and Enyce Smith.
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (Chinese: 天浴) is a 1998 Chinese drama film directed by Joan Chen in her directorial debut, who co-wrote the screenplay with Geling Yan.Based on Yan's 1981 short story "Celestial Bath", the film is set in the 1970s during the Cultural Revolution's Down to the Countryside Movement in People's Republic of China. [2]
Fabulous Muscles is populated by dark themes, including depression, physical abuse, mental abuse, and drug addiction. [3]Jamie Stewart told Pitchfork that the tone of the album reflected the events of their personal life, which were "incredibly, incredibly violent, incredibly jarring and difficult to take... and personally and politically extreme in black and white ways". [7]
Girl with Basket of Fruit is the eleventh studio album by American experimental band Xiu Xiu, released on February 8, 2019. [1] It follows the band's 2017 album Forget and was co-produced by member Angela Seo and Deerhoof's Greg Saunier. The album is supported by the lead single "Scisssssssors", which was released with an accompanying music ...
The name Xiu Xiu, pronounced "shoe shoe", [15] [14] is taken from the titular character of the 1998 film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl. In Stewart's description, the film's theme is that of no resolution—that awful things happen to the protagonist throughout the film and she ultimately dies, tragically, at the end.