Xiu Xiu La Foret (SUNSET SWIRL VINYL) 11/17/17 Booming drum machines are a

Booming drum machines are a prominent factor too reminiscent of early hip hop instrumentals but spirited off somewhere

previously only available on the Japanese CD version

Features include: Thundercat

in the yearning saxophone lines that pour into view and whisk the narrative onto a new path

Xiu Xiu La Foret (SUNSET SWIRL VINYL) 11/17/17 Booming drum machines are aRepressed on vinyl for the first time in 15 years. As conceptual as Xiu Xiu's fusion of post punk, gamelan, synth pop, folk, and noise might seem, the group's music never feels overly cerebral or detached. On the contrary, it's usually brimming over with often contradictory emotions: love, hate, sex, violence, fear, and humor cling together so tightly in Jamie Stewart's songs that they can't be separated. Harsh and beautiful words and sounds remain