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“Hi” - Xiu Xiu

The first though that came to my mind when watching this was a bastardized version of The Vaccine’s record title: “What did you expect from Xiu Xiu?” The Pitchfork-debuted, Jamie Stewart and David Horvitz-directed video, which is described on the Xiu Xiu website [link] with multi-colored text and preceded by Stewart expounding on his experience with paid live sex cams, is a bizarre mix of photos and videos centered around subjects such as an adorable cat (my personal favorite), the burning of stuffed animals and a hand, and the disposal of Dick Cheney autobiographies. So, what did you expect from Xiu Xiu? [link]

The equally odd synth pop single is off the upcoming Xiu Xiu full-length Always, due out March 6th on Polyvinyl. You can bundle it together with Stewart’s A New Tropical Companion, a book of haiku which will be just as intriguing as everything else Xiu Xiu, I’m sure. [link]

- Tyler Hanan