{"product_id":"xiu-xiu-eraserhead-xiu-xiu","title":"Xiu Xiu - Eraserhead Xiu Xiu","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"257\"\u003eIn 2016, with the blessing of \u003cstrong data-start=\"30\" data-end=\"45\"\u003eDavid Lynch\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"50\" data-end=\"72\"\u003eAngelo Badalamenti\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"74\" data-end=\"85\"\u003eXiu Xiu\u003c\/strong\u003e released and toured the unexpectedly successful \u003cem data-start=\"134\" data-end=\"165\"\u003ePlays the Music of Twin Peaks\u003c\/em\u003e. Out of respect for the beloved series, the band chose to retire the performance in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"259\" data-end=\"606\"\u003eFollowing the recent passing of David Lynch, however, Xiu Xiu began receiving numerous high-profile requests to revive their interpretation of the music. Rather than revisit old ground, the group chose instead to move further into Lynch’s artistic universe, continuing to follow the spirit of experimentation and challenge that defined his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"608\" data-end=\"868\"\u003eThe result is \u003cem data-start=\"622\" data-end=\"642\"\u003eEraserhead Xiu Xiu\u003c\/em\u003e, a new live concert accompanied by a film and full-length album that channels the bizarre emotionality, conflicted sexuality, relentless darkness and deeply unsettled atmosphere of Lynch’s midnight masterpiece \u003cem data-start=\"853\" data-end=\"865\"\u003eEraserhead\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"870\" data-end=\"1156\"\u003eBuilt from field recordings, homemade instruments designed specifically for the performances, organ, modular synthesisers, vocals, flashlights, electrical interference and elements of musique concrète, the project transforms the original film into an immersive audiovisual experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1158\" data-end=\"1602\"\u003eThe album itself unfolds as a striking work of sound collage and experimentation. Tracks such as \u003cem data-start=\"1255\" data-end=\"1262\"\u003eTetra\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"1267\" data-end=\"1280\"\u003eSleep Synth\u003c\/em\u003e move between near-silent auditory textures and grotesque walls of overwhelming noise. Closing piece \u003cem data-start=\"1381\" data-end=\"1392\"\u003eIn Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e offers a haunting reinterpretation of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1431\" data-end=\"1446\"\u003ePeter Ivers\u003c\/strong\u003e’ original composition, with \u003cstrong data-start=\"1475\" data-end=\"1492\"\u003eJamie Stewart\u003c\/strong\u003e’s delicate vocals revealing the strange beauty and vulnerability embedded within Lynch’s directorial debut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1604\" data-end=\"1853\"\u003eThe original sound design and score by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1643\" data-end=\"1657\"\u003eAlan Splet\u003c\/strong\u003e and Lynch serve as guiding forces throughout Xiu Xiu’s expanded interpretation, while the film itself inspires a new visual language built from imagined fragments and phantom auxiliary footage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1855\" data-end=\"2063\"\u003eWhether experienced as an art installation, a fractured tribute to a cinematic landmark, or an epitaph to an idol through entirely new work, \u003cem data-start=\"1996\" data-end=\"2016\"\u003eEraserhead Xiu Xiu\u003c\/em\u003e embraces all of those possibilities at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2065\" data-end=\"2168\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eIntense, unsettling, curious and drenched in darkness — of course it is. After all, it is \u003cem data-start=\"2155\" data-end=\"2167\"\u003eEraserhead\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polyvinyl","offers":[{"title":"Ultra Clear Vinyl LP","offer_id":58140414869849,"sku":"SDZ-46406","price":30.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":58140414837081,"sku":"SDZ-46405","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cassette","offer_id":58140414902617,"sku":"SDZ-46407","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/0045016369_10.jpg?v=1779789049","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/xiu-xiu-eraserhead-xiu-xiu","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}