Xiu Xiu

Xiu Xiu is an experimental American band formed in Los Angeles. Over the last two decades, Xiu Xiu has had a consistent and dazzling output of acclaimed albums and collaborations. Xiu Xiu makes vulnerable music at the intersection of noise, pop and industrial, and their album 13'' Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips is just that. 

13'' Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips is Xiu Xiu's latest record, but only on the face of it. Underneath that face is the struggle of a need seeks to name itself over every record, and every song ever written by Xiu Xiu themselves, as well as everyone who has ever tried to make a record.

Nine songs to seal the deal for those who still listen to all nine songs in order, because the message cannot be read in pieces. Mixed by John Congleton who got the message from the band to feel free to ''go crazy'' and if there was ever any doubt about its meaning, by all means ''choose iconoclasm''. 

This record sounds (and feels) like it does care about you. A feeling that masks the randomness of our place in this world, or even more completely, sets it off as the true face of all our public endeavours.