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Knife Play, by Xiu Xiu (CD on Touch And Go)

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CD on Touch and Go, DUE26/5/08
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Format: CD
Label: Touch And Go
Price: £11.99
Catalogue number: GER016CD
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“Intensity this overwhelming makes you reevaluate your opinion on what emotions music has the right to explore” – Pitchfork. Reissued to coincide with rare UK live dates.
Xiu Xiu (pronounced “shoe shoe” or “show show” but never “zoo zoo”), whose moniker is swiped from the title of the most depressing movie ever, ‘Xiu Xiu The Sent Down Girl’, emerged from the gape of dissonant, love supremely beautiful, musique serious modern sad sad sad pop played by people who have obsessed over simple house beats or no beats at all / modern classical / pop.
The line-up: Lauren Andrews (bells, synth, piano) is working on a video collection of songs from ‘Knife Play’.
Yvonne Chen (synth, gongs, harmonium) runs the label and zine, Zum Media Internationale.
Cory McCulloch (bass, mandolin, synth) threw-up in the bands ibopa and ten in the swear jar.
Jamie Stewart (vox, programming, guitar) has recorded with members of Devo, the Screamers and Robert Fripp.For 10 bizarre minutes he played bass on stage with G.G. Allin in Los Angeles.
Hallowed ‘Knife Play’  guests: Greg Saunier (Deerhoof), Jason Albertini (Duster) and Ches Smith (Mr.Bungle) and many more geniuses from across Jupiter and Mars.

 

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About the humble CD:

The CD is essentially a small portable face mirror which has an extra feature of being able to play music (through a thing known as a CD player). These CD's are a modern invention hence them being all shiny and digital. They can hold about 80 minutes of music and apparently are indestructible as you can smear jam on them and they still play (not as nourishing as toast mind you but when you're hungry.....). They sound crystal clear and are tiny convenient things. They lack the charm and warmth of their old analogue counterparts but their portability, convenience and ease of being duplicated make them a perfect thing of a thing for most folks. Jewel cases are the worst thing ever though and they really need to stop.

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