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Xiu Xiu - Life and Live

Life and Live by Xiu Xiu

4...according to our on Tue 28 Nov, 2006.

Clint here back from the wilderness and immediately faced with a new album by Xiu Xiu, a band that I tend to hear a lot of people talking about but have never really listened to properly. Well here's my chance. The songs are extremely minimal with just guitar and vocals. The vocalist is terribly tortured. C'mon mate,  cheer up  - might never happen. Anyway there's hints here of various people. Imagine all these lot being depressed beyond tablets  Tim Buckley, Jeff Buckley, Lou Barlow, Bright Eyes....all very fragmented and chilling  - at one point he starts threatening the listener. Somehow, though,  I can't take people who get themselves in this kind of state very seriously. On Xeng records.

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