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| 2.5 average | Uranium | February 13th 14 |
I don't think I've ever been trolled harder than when I clicked on the Black Dick video. Fuck.
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| 4.5 superb | wickhead | February 4th 14 |
I was taken to a very dark place. I never imagined music could sound so bleak and terrifying without being 'metal'. I'm having a harder time justifying not giving this a perfect score.
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| 2.6 average | Erwann S. EMERITUS | April 9th 22 |
Still not a huge fan of these guys, but at least some tracks featured actual beats on this one. The unnerving electronic and the insufferable voice still constitute the majority of the soundscape here.
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| 3.0 good | Bedex | September 26th 21 |
Much better than other Xiu Xiu records I have heard, chiefly because the place taken by the semi-interesting electronic stuff has increased whilst that taken by the insufferable vox has diminished. That's not to say that this is a record I like - and it is roughly the same style so I doubt I missed much in the albums I skipped -, but it wasn't a pain to go through and some tracks are functional. The intro is excellent, though followed by nothing happening for two minutes, and the distorted outro track is kinda cool too. The tracks with beats such as 3 and 5 at least give something for the mind to latch upon that isnt' the vocals, and there are some good ideas that somewhat make the track work before they are ruined by the vocals or some other annoying element. For example the bells stuff in 7, or the very cool start to 8, some of the sounds on 9, some of the snesey sounds on 11 etc etc. 12 is the only track where I find the vocals actually work and make the track _better_ (though some bits are still annoying) as it is a horror track of sorts and the vox isn't just whiny. This all being said, do I like Xiu Xiu or do I plan on listening to this again? Not really. 3.0
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| 4.0 excellent | Dickens44 | October 2nd 14 |
Bleak even by Xiu Xiu standards. Jamie Stewart's dreary, unnerving confessionals and despair-drenched songs have been a staple of the band since day one, and, 'Angel Guts,' at first seems to inconspicuously fit nicely into the dark Xiu Xiu catalog, but, repeated listens reveal a harrowing desperation that creates an eerie, heavy, and wholly uncomfortable atmosphere. Along with, 'Knife Play,' and 'Air Force,' this is the band's best work, and also their most disheartening and beautiful!
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| 2.0 poor | CoolYourBoots | March 28th 14 |
An experimental album with a few decent tracks, and a few others where the vocals don't seem to mix.
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| 1.5 very poor | PerpetualChange | February 19th 14 |
The music paints vivid images, but the hushed, breathy vocals make everything sound like a nightmare trip to the dentist where a frenzied harrasser half-whispers half-yodels bizarre things in your ear. It's too bad, but I can't get past it. r
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| 3.5 great | crutchfieldtongs | February 8th 14 |
Xiu Xiu releases their darkest and most experimental album to date.
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| 4.0 excellent | jtswope | February 8th 24 |
| 3.0 good | Zac124 | February 6th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Brabiz | September 26th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | casey | December 15th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Yep321 | November 8th 19 |
| 3.5 great | xuewen | March 6th 18 |
| 3.5 great | torts | October 21st 15 |
| 5.0 classic | Grimsby | August 23rd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | eboph | April 6th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mootgut | March 22nd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Sithese | December 31st 14 |
| 3.5 great | Prole | August 24th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | Aids | April 16th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Filling | March 19th 14 |
| 3.5 great | unkle | March 17th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Uqnivde | March 13th 14 |
| 1.0 awful | HarryJL | February 18th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hati | February 17th 14 |
| 2.5 average | ILJ | January 29th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Zantera | January 22nd 14 |
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