Pre-Order: Xiu Xiu * La Foret - Jade Eco-Mix [Colored Vinyl] 2018-03-23 Coming out of Staten Island

Coming out of Staten Island

James Monroe Iglehart and Christopher Lennertz

and brooding style of metal is known to be influential in the sludge metal

Running parallel to the city pop phenomenon

Pre-Order: Xiu Xiu * La Foret - Jade Eco-Mix [Colored Vinyl] 2018-03-23 Coming out of Staten IslandRepressed 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