a r t i s t : Xiu Xiu & Grouper
t i t l e : Creepshow 12"
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Release The Bats
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2007
t r a c k s : 05
b i t r a t e : avg. 179kbps
s i z e : 29,1 MB
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A beautiful exploration in ambience and darkness by Xiu Xiu
and Grouper. This 5-song collaboration was created out of a
shared childhood trauma involving some horror film from the
70's. The recording is ranging from melancholic, cryptic
passages to lush soundscapes, all the time with a weird
cinematic feel to it.
Originally released on cd as a part of States Rights Records &
Slender Means Society's Pregnancy Series.
"Through a particularly masterful slight of hand, the beloved
rabble-rousers in Xiu Xiu have somehow convinced most of the
world that theirs is a vision chiefly of bombast--of
over-driven drum patches, caterwaul, and open-wristed scare
tactics. The truth of the matter, of course, is that the
bombast is really only half of the story. And what makes Xiu
Xiu so special isn't Jamie Stewart's sonic sadism so much as
his subtlety--an obsessive attention to every detail buried in
his band's overwhelming squall.
The fifth artist commissioned in States Rights Records and
Slender Means Society's Pregnancy Series, Stewart enlisted
masterful manipulators of ethereal noise Grouper (Portland's
Liz Harris) in a collaboration exploring both artists' subtle
sides. The resulting EP is Creepshow--an ambient exploration
into the power of silence and restraint. Sharing a childhood
trauma at the hands of a certain popular horror film from the
1970s, Xiu vs. Gru took this as a mutual launchpad to delve
into the darker corners of quiet. The results are
breathtaking." - States Rights Records/Slender Means Society
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01-Waiting For The Flies [04:27]
02-Growing Into Veins [05:14]
03-In The City [03:34]
04-Sea [03:52]
05-In Dreams [05:35]
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22:42 min