Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
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Artist: Xiu XiuEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-02-19
Music Label: 5 Rue Christine
Soundtracks:
- Don Diasco
- I Broke Up (SJ)
- Luber
- Hives Hives
- Dr. Troll
- Over Over
- Anne Dong
- Suha
- Poe Poe
- Homonculus
- Tonite and Today (What Chu' Talkin' 'Bout)
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Free Music Review: THIS IS SCARY WHERE'S MY WAYNE NEWTON CD????
Hit: 4 Stars
Describing Xiu Xiu's music is damn near impossible. The first time you hear this album, it will probably scare the crap out of you. However, if you're like me, you might be intrigued, rather than completely frightened away.
The best description I can think of is this: take the most psychotic, dangerously depressed person you can think of, think of what kinds of twisted things must be going through their mind, and imagine if you could take that, and put it onto a CD. Do this, and you have some idea of what "Knife Play" is all about. Now, to some, this may not sound like a good idea, but to those into dark, depressing, truly twisted music, it's a dream come true. Jamie Stewart seriously makes Trent Reznor look like Richard Simmons. Able to go from subdued, heart-wrenching vocals, to hair-raising manic screams, he truly brings this delightfully nightmarish music to life.
The opening track, "Don Diasco", is instantly attention-getting, with its jarring broken rhythms, and Jamie's deranged vocals. "I Broke Up" is deliciously bipolar, toggling between dark melodies and unsettling walls of noise. "Poe Poe" and "Over Over" are about is "normal" as things get, boasting twisted techno rhythms over forlorn synths (Fans of Nine Inch Nails and the Cure will likely appreciate these); "Anne Dong" is barren and desolate, evoking imagery of a cold, lifeless planet. "Suha" is a sort of ballad, with sad, eerie accordion and string melodies adorning Stewart's subdued vocals. "Homonucleus" is similarly subdued, with squawking, free-jazzy bursts of noise interspersed throughout. The album ends with the massively minimal "Tonite and Today", where everything finally just collapses. A dark, enveloping piano ballad, this song reaches unfathomable emotional depths that would even make Mr. Reznor feel better about this life.
If you haven't figured this out by now, this album is not for the faint of heart. To be honest, it's something I really have to be in the mood for (and I'm not sure I even want to meet the person who's in the mood for it all the time). It's intimidating, uncompromising, and unsettling, but if such is your pleasure, you'll dig it for sure.
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