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Xiu Xiu - "La Forêt"

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These eleven dark, intense and expressive tracks showcased Jamie Stewart’s powerful lyrics, ragged delivery and very personal take on human relations. Moving along the same musical coordinates as Joy Division, Suicide, Arvo Part and Swans, as well as on the literary ones of Dennis Cooper, Xiu Xiu came across noisier and harsher than ever. Though unorthodox pop finds its way onto "Pox" and "Bog People", samples of a universe as complex as it is suggestive. On “La Foret”, Jamie sings about death, doomed love and the decay of relationships. As always, he becomes more specific. Jamie says, "Saturn" is about "wanting to rape the president to death and eat his body as inspired by the Goya painting of Saturn eating his sons." "Baby Captain" is a "familial love note to my brother and a hope to mend his broken heart and offer encouragement”. The album waltzes between acoustic parts so intimate that his shoe can be heard scooting on the studio floor as he moves closer to the mic. Then come the pounding darkwave thunderstorms where electronics and guitars go Mogwai loud and Jamie screams over the hissing, spitting deluge.