Description:	Split grey 7" of pretend Morrissey fun on Upset the Rhythm, limited to 500 copies
	Format:	7" (vinyl)
	Genre(s):	Indie Rock
	Label:	Upset The Rhythm
	Price:	£3.79
	Availability:	In stock. Dispatched in 1 working day.

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...according to our Brett on 20 November 2009.

We've all had our enjoyment from the artwork for this Xiu Xiu/Parenthetical Girls split single, aping everyone's favourite Morrissey as it does. The tunes do too, 'I Am Hated For Loving' is Xiu Xiu's track but features the fella from Parenthetical Girls on vocals and it's a three minute 8-bit manglefest which treats the original with very little respect.. In the nicest possible way, mind. It sort of repaints our dear Mozface as a modern indie geek outcast, crying into his Gameboy. I had a Gameboy when I was a kid but I headbutted and broked it 'cos I couldn't beat Sid Justice on a WWF wrestling game.. They made him so unfair, the fuckers! Parenthetical Girls' source material is a bit more recognizable - it's 'Handsome Devil' and they've turned it into a psychologically unhinged indie rock mess which is actually totally great we reckon. Strange to think that Morrissey's vocals could be out over-the-topped but here's the proof! Upset the Rhythm have brought 500 slatey grey 7" vinyls into the world.

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What their label says...

500 COPIES ONLY - Grey heavyweight Vinyl

It doesn't get much more obvious than this, does it? Two like-minded experimental pop groups sharing a great deal of personal history, and an unhealthy, often frustrating obsession with the works of one Steven Patrick Morrissey come together to cover a couple of songs. Why hasn't this happened already? Is there an emoticon for 'duh'? Because I mean, well, DUH.

But sometimes first thought really is best thought. Take, for example, this particularly choice split, right? Celebrating the first half century of our beloved Bigmouth, acclaimed Moz acolytes Xiu Xiu (with some help from Parenthetical Girls vocalist Zac Pennington) completely eviscerate one of Morrissey's most effective paeans to righteous self-loathing: the punishing, Gameboy-composed assault of solo weeper 'I Am Hated For Loving.' Likewise, you've got Portland, OR's premiere pantywaists Parenthetical Girls, appearing here perhaps at their ballsiest embracing the muted violence of early, under-represented Smiths masterpiece 'Handsome Devil.'