Xiu Xiu have announced their latest album which is titled 13″ Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips and will be out September 27 via Polyvinyl. It’s their first release since relocating from Los Angeles to Berlin, and Angela Seo, David Kendrick, and Jamie Stewart produced it themselves, with John Congleton mixing .
According to the band, this is unlike any record Xiu Xiu has made before; they say, “the destruction of an original aesthetic notion as a motivation was new for us.” They also encouraged Congleton to “go crazy” and “choose iconoclasm” with his mix.
The first single is “Common Loon” which is three and a half minutes of dark, heavy melodramatic rock that comes with a video directed by and starring performance artist Alicia McDaid. Accoring to PR, she plays “Mcdazzler, Britney Spears, The Angelologist, Smurfette, Garfield, Pepe, Anna Nicole Smith Joker, Led Zeppelin groupie, Galactica Darkstar, Jason Voorhees, Frida Kardashian, Viagra, Goth Monica Geller, Chemtrails, Ghöstmilf, She Hulk, Carmela Soprano, Cathy, Bret Michaels, Andy Warhol and Odie.” You can watch the original NSFW video or the censored version below.
Say Xiu Xiu: “The song ‘Common Loon,’ for us, is about reveling in perversity, cuckooness, queerness and/or the unquenchable personal requirement to wild out. As MASSIVE fans of Alicia McDazzler’s work, we could think of no one else more qualified to embody those ways of being and no one else who would crank them up further than we would have ever imagined. She is an inspiration and icon to all LOONS!”
Xiu Xiu will also be on tour this year across North America and Europe, and the NYC show is at Le Poisson Rouge on October 15. Tickets go on sale Thursday, June 27 at 12 PM local time, and all dates are listed below.
13″ Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips
1.Arp Omni
2.Maestro One Chord
3.Common Loon
4.Pale Flower
5.Veneficium
6.Sleep Blvd.
7.T.D.F.T.W.
8.Bobby Bland
9.Piña, Coconut & Cherry
XIU XIU – 2024 TOUR DATES
09/20 – Reno, NV @ The Holland Project
09/21 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Social Club
09/22 – Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project
09/23 – Portland, OR @ Holocene
09/24 – Arcata, CA @ The Miniplex
09/26 – San Diego, CA @ The Loft at UCSD
09/27 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge
09/28 – Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole
09/30 – Austin, TX @ The Parish
10/02 – Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves
10/03 – New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
10/05 – Orlando, FL @ Conduit
10/06 – Miami, FL @ Gramps
10/07 – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
10/08 – Savannah, GA @ Lodge Of Sorrows
10/09 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
10/10 – Durham, NC @ TBA
10/11 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
10/13 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro
10/14 – Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMoca
10/15 – New York, NY @ LPR
10/16 – Providence, RI @ AS220 Live Arts
10/17 – Portland, ME @ Space Gallery
10/18 – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmont
10/19 – Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
10/20 – Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
10/21 – Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village
10/22 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
10/23 – Des Moines, IA @ xBk
10/24 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
10/26 – Fort Collins, CO @ The Coast
10/27 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
10/29 – San Francisco, CA @ Gray Area Foundation for the Arts
10/30 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Lodge Room
11/08 – Groeningen, Netherlands @ Vera
11/09 – Den Bosch, Netherlands @ FAQ Festival
11/10 – Rotterdam, Netherlands @ De Doelen
11/11 – Brussels, Belgium @ La Botanique
11/13 – Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew
11/14 – Brighton, UK @ Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA)
11/15 – Stockport, UK @ St Mary’s
11/16 – Glasgow, UK @ Room 2 Cottiers
11/17 – Oxford, UK @ The Bullingdon
11/19 – London, UK @ Heaven #
11/20 – Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach #
11/22 – Brest, France @ Festival Invisible #
11/23 – Paris, France @ Hasard Ludique #
11/25 – Grenoble, France @ Le Ciel #
11/27 – Nurnberg, Germany @ Soft Spot / Kantine #
11/28 – Prague, Czech Republic @ Meet Factory #
11/29 – Berlin, Germany @ Lido #
11/30 – Poznań, Poland @ Próżność #
05/17 – Seattle WA @ Moore Theatre %
05/18 – Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre %
# w/ EVICSHEN
% Special commission by Seattle Theater Group – dance by Zoe Juniper with live music by Xiu Xiu