Xiu Xiu + Eugene S. Robinson Present Sal Mineo

Experimental · 2013 · 24 tracks · 37m

Xiu Xiu + Eugene S. Robinson Present Sal Mineo

Twenty-four jagged vignettes of abrasive noise and spoken word. Eugene S. Robinson's menacing narration meets Jamie Stewart's most claustrophobic electronics.

April 23, 2013 · Important Records (2)

A relentless, confrontational energy with moments of exhausted, cold tenderness.

Tracklist · 24 Tracks · 37m

01

The Great Expanse

2:36

02

Sad, Snowy & Slick

1:24

03

Brutish

1:39

04

Promise Every Night

0:43

05

Lingual

1:27

06

The Girl Everyone Loves

0:42

07

The Hand, the Bush

0:53

08

A Sharp Dressed Man Who Looks Like That

1:28

09

No One Likes You

0:45

10

The Primary Bell

0:49

11

Strategic Thermal Unit

2:38

12

Arrondisement

1:04

13

Glass

1:23

14

A Nice Guy

1:07

15

Absolutely No Dispute

2:13

16

Sex + Cash

1:54

17

Menagerie in Munich

1:40

18

Who Do We Love?

1:13

19

Glum Chum

0:25

20

Dollars on Demand

0:46

21

Anywhere but Here There

3:27

22

Bits of Habits

2:17

23

Sunset 69

2:25

24

A Crying Clown With a Knife

2:55

Moments Worth Listening For

The sudden transition from the sparse electronic pulse of track 1 into the abrasive, high-frequency noise of track 2.

Eugene Robinson's voice dropping to a terrifying, intimate whisper over a skeletal drum machine beat on 'Sex + Cash'.

The chaotic, overlapping layers of digital distortion that swallow the narrative on the closing track 'A Crying Clown With a Knife'.

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Where This Album Departs

How does Xiu Xiu + Eugene S. Robinson Present Sal Mineo sound next to the rest of Xiu Xiu's catalogue?

Spoken Word+4.0σ

The vocals lean far further into spoken word than the rest of the catalogue.

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