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Nina
Jazz · 2013 · 11 tracks · 49m

Nina

Xiu Xiu

A haunting, deconstructed tribute to Nina Simone. Fragile vocals collide with jagged avant-garde jazz and skeletal noise to create a stark, nocturnal landscape.

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It's like a jazz club at the end of the world where everyone is crying but the band is incredible.

A stark, deconstructed nocturnal ache that balances on the edge of a breakdown.

Nina · vs · Xiu Xiu
Live Recording+4.0σ

The production is built around live recording than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 49m
01
Don’t Smoke in Bed
4:48
02
Don’t Explain
4:28
03
Wild Is the Wind
6:07
04
Where Can I Go Without You
4:07
05
See Line Woman
2:36
06
Just Say I Love Him
3:26
07
Four Women
4:13
08
Pirate Jenny
5:53
09
You’d Be So Nice
3:49
10
The Other Woman
2:55
11
Flo Me La
6:51
Moments Worth Waiting For
The terrifying, discordant saxophone squalls that erupt during the climax of 'Wild Is the Wind'.
Jamie Stewart's voice breaking into a fragile, near-silent whisper on 'Don't Smoke in Bed'.
The rhythmic, industrial-leaning percussion that drives the skeletal reimagining of 'See Line Woman'.
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