Whereas current indie-rock darlings Interpol have taken all the favorite parts from your favorite new wave bands and fashioned them into refreshing new pop songs, San Francisco's Xiu Xiu have salvaged all of the ignored dark fragments of your favorite new wave songs and turned them into some refreshingly disconcerting new anti-pop songs. If last year's excellent "Knife Play" album was the soundtrack to a nervous breakdown, "A Promise" is the soundtrack to the final desperate act of a hemorrhaging psyche.

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Insound LP+MP3! Purchase the vinyl format of A Promise and you'll receive a link to download the MP3s for free immediately after check-out! VINYL FORMAT. Whereas current indie-rock darlings Interpol have taken all the favorite parts from your favorite new wave bands and fashioned them into refreshing new pop songs, San Francisco's Xiu Xiu have salvaged all of the ignored dark fragments of your favorite new wave songs and turned them into some refreshingly disconcerting new anti-pop so   [ read more ]

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Whereas current indie-rock darlings Interpol have taken all the favorite parts from your favorite new wave bands and fashioned them into refreshing new pop songs, San Francisco's Xiu Xiu have salvaged all of the ignored dark fragments of your favorite new wave songs and turned them into some refreshingly disconcerting new anti-pop songs. If last year's excellent "Knife Play" album was the soundtrack to a nervous breakdown, "A Promise" is the soundtrack to the final desperate act of a hemorrhaging psyche.

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This five-song EP is the second self-contained effort from these remarkable folks from San Jose, following the release of their album "Knife Play" (which Pitchfork named as one of the top albums for the first half of 2002). This EP contains five new songs including the sparse and intense "I Am Center of Your World," the viciously potent "Jennifer Lopez," and a raw cover of the Joy Division/New Order classic "Ceremony."

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VINYL FORMAT. This five-song EP is the second self-contained effort from these remarkable folks from San Jose, following the release of their album "Knife Play" (which Pitchfork named as one of the top albums for the first half of 2002). This EP contains five new songs including the sparse and intense "I Am Center of Your World," the viciously potent "Jennifer Lopez," and a raw cover of the Joy Division/New Order classic "Ceremony."

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This five-song EP is the second self-contained effort from these remarkable folks from San Jose, following the release of their album "Knife Play" (which Pitchfork named as one of the top albums for the first half of 2002). This EP contains five new songs including the sparse and intense "I Am Center of Your World," the viciously potent "Jennifer Lopez," and a raw cover of the Joy Division/New Order classic "Ceremony."

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At once dark, complex, impossibly honest, and yet, somehow simple, "Fabulous Muscles" is almost accessible in its minimalist-pop appeal. This record was written on the heels of huge upheavals and violent personal changes, so there's less of a dance influence and much more of a pop and academic/experimental feel. Sounds are used to rhythmically push some songs forward in a top-40 way, but with fewer straight beats. Noise restrictions also led to more use of single, quiet acoustic instruments. This record is    [ read more ]

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At once dark, complex, impossibly honest, and yet, somehow simple, "Fabulous Muscles" is almost accessible in its minimalist-pop appeal. This record was written on the heels of huge upheavals and violent personal changes, so there's less of a dance influence and much more of a pop and academic/experimental feel. Sounds are used to rhythmically push some songs forward in a top-40 way, but with fewer straight beats. Noise restrictions also led to more use of single, quiet acoustic instruments. This record is    [ read more ]

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Nine lo-fi tracks by Xiu Xiu mastermind, Jamie Stewart. Six alternate versions of songs from the band's previous releases ("Knife Play," "Chapel of the Chimes" EP, and "A Promise"), along with two new songs and a cover of the Smiths' "Asleep." Limited to 1,000 copies with beautiful handmade packaging.

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Nine lo-fi tracks by Xiu Xiu mastermind, Jamie Stewart. Six alternate versions of songs from the band's previous releases ("Knife Play," "Chapel of the Chimes" EP, and "A Promise"), along with two new songs and a cover of the Smiths' "Asleep." Limited to 1,000 copies with beautiful handmade packaging.

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Fabulous Muscles was the group's third album, after A promise and Knife Play, and was licensed for Acuarela in Spain, France and Portugal after falling in love with Xiu Xiu's talent to vigorously challenge rock music clichés through their wide range of unexpected breaks, juxtaposed sounds and a handful of factual lyrics about the lack of love and desire and about what happens when we feel too much love and too much desire. Now, in their new Fleshettes, they once again expose old    [ read more ]

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Fabulous Muscles was the group's third album, after A promise and Knife Play, and was licensed for Acuarela in Spain, France and Portugal after falling in love with Xiu Xiu's talent to vigorously challenge rock music clichés through their wide range of unexpected breaks, juxtaposed sounds and a handful of factual lyrics about the lack of love and desire and about what happens when we feel too much love and too much desire. Now, in their new Fleshettes, they once again expose old    [ read more ]

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