Chapel of the Chimes, by Xiu Xiu

Chapel of the Chimes

by Xiu Xiu

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bloodybook I first heard the version of Jennifer Lopez on Fag Patrol, and I was not ready for this. This EP is just incredible; Xiu Xiu never disappoints. Favorite track: Jennifer Lopez.

Matthew I Ceremony is a stunning and amazing cover; by far most impressive and inventive of all the Ceremony covers out there.

rano is it tough to listen to this same album, Friday after Friday? Favorite track: Jennifer Lopez.

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	1.	I am the Center of Your World 03:00
	2.	Jennifer Lopez 02:38
	3.	Ten Thousand Times a Minute 03:29
	4.	King Earth, King Earth 04:28

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An EP from 2002, it was plagued with problems.
Mastered out of phase (finally corrected here), incorrect art work and
released 2 months after the announced date, it was abused from the onset. Feel free to continue its flogging in any way you wish.
Chapel if the Chimes is a chain of Bay Area cemeteries that framed the rough edged despondency and desperation of early Xiu Xiu.
On our 3rd tour a woman gave us a test tube with a dead bird stuffed into it and she said it was for having made this record. It is in my desk.
The album art, front and back, is by Mira O'Brian.
When she was a teenager a former bandmate stalked her.
Her brother smashed out the window of his van so he stopped.
The first track is named after the title of her cover drawing.

credits

released June 7, 2017

Lauren Andrews - mandolin, guitar, synth, percussion
Yvonne Chen - bass, bells, gongs, synth
Cory McCulloch - synth, switch blade, feedback
Jamie Stewart - vox, piano, programming, guitar, harmonium
Jherek Bischoff - double bass
Korum Bischoff - drums
Zack Hill - bells and gongs
Jamie Peterson - snare drum
Kurt Stumbaugh - baritone sax
Zack Wentz - drums

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