This isn’t a single to blast loudly. This isn’t a song for the outdoors. It’s one to play on an overcast fall day, much like today. In a place like here, a small town in NW Washington where the wind blows heavy and rain streams down icy and cold. It’s solitary, isolated. Alone.
Long a favorite, this split single wasn’t released until after Bunkbed‘s Keith Krate had passed away. Adequately titled Xiu Xiu… Read More »Xiu Xiu Vs. Bunkbed [Cover Art]
Xiu Xiu‘s Jamie Stewart has done a few 7-inch splits where he covers the other artist and vice versa. There’s one with Devendra Banhart and another where Xiu Xiu and Paper Chase do covers of Nick Cave. Here, Xiu Xiu covers “Fake Soul” by Bunkbed. On the other side, Bunkbed covers “Fallen Angel II†by Xiu Xiu. Both tracks are down-tempo and quietly beautiful.
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