#48 Seller of 2005! To hear Xiu Xiu is to be shaken, disturbed, and shown something original. Jamie Stewart sings haunted and tortured, though always with a sense of humor somewhere below the poisoned blood. La Foret is his most harrowing and beautiful to date, waltzing between acoustic parts so intimate you can hear his shoe scooting on the studio floor as he inches closer to the mic, and pounding dark-wave thunderstorms where electronics go Mogwai loud and Jamie screams over the hissing, spitting deluge....   [ read more ]

CD $15.99

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VINYL FORMAT. Former Ghosts is the synth-pop inspired band formed and led by Freddy Ruppert (of This Song Is A Mess But So Am I), and consisting of Jamie Stewart (of Xiu Xiu) and Nika Roza (of Zola Jesus). The album sweeps through you with its sweet melodic side, sprinkling in sharp, chaotic, discordant moments - as if to punish you for having enjoyed yourself, for having let your guard down. Love is the most emotionally tangible embodiment of all things delicate; love is confusing and violent. The multitu...   [ read more ]

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Former Ghosts is the synth-pop inspired band formed and led by Freddy Ruppert (of This Song Is A Mess But So Am I), and consisting of Jamie Stewart (of Xiu Xiu) and Nika Roza (of Zola Jesus). The album sweeps through you with its sweet melodic side, sprinkling in sharp, chaotic, discordant moments - as if to punish you for having enjoyed yourself, for having let your guard down. Love is the most emotionally tangible embodiment of all things delicate; love is confusing and violent. The multitude of voices f...   [ read more ]

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