Rating: 70.00
Genre: Alt Rock
This is a terrific album. While there’s nothing that grabs me like the title track from 2010’s Dear God, I Hate Myself, there’s a lot to love here.Formed in San Jose, CA, Xiu Xiu released their first album in 2002. Both the music and the vocals are intense, dramatic and dark. They took their name from a pretty dark 1998 chinese film (Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl.)
Factory Girl is arguably their darkest song to date (watch out for the language) and the opener, Hi, are excellent examples of what you're in for here.
If it wasn't for the exrtemely disturbing 5th track, this could have gotten into my top 10 so far this year.
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