Music

Xiu Xiu @ Rich Mix

Melanie McGovern | Friday 16 March, 2012 12:20

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Recently expanding to a five piece band, signing to Bella Union and celebrating ten years as a recording artist, Jamie Stewart’s brainchild Xiu Xiu hits Rich Mix on March 16 for what promises to be a challenging but enjoyable performance. The band are heralded for their avant-garde, experimental sound-art which couples terse vocals with rocky emotions – his work is often marred with controversy and undeniable grimness of subject – but the new album Always dabbles in hitherto uncharted waters, using choral music and animal field recordings to transform it into something surprisingly tender and light as much as it is vocally and instrumentally violent.

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