ARTIST: Xu Xu Fang
TITLE: The Mourning Son
LABEL: Self-Released
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 189kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 28m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-00-00
RIP DATE: 2008-07-17
Track List
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1. Intro 0:31
2. These Days 4:44
3. Ocean 0:11
4. The Mourning Son 4:29
5. Ocean 0:12
6. Good Times Have Gone Away 4:04
7. Terra Scura 13:56
Release Notes:
Mar Vista, CaliforniaÆs latest contribution to contemporary music and equine
enthusiasm is LA Weekly Music Award winning band Xu Xu Fang. Not to be confused
with 17th century Chinese artist Xu Fang, Xu Xu Fang is a dark-and-brooding,
slow-and-rolling musical experience like something youÆd hear at a Laserium show
or listen to on big headphones in the back of a conversion van.
Xu Xu Fang, featuring Bobby Tamkin, formerly of sonically complex bands The
Warlocks and Hovercraft, has anywhere from seven to ten members and up to four
guitars, creating a layered, psychedelic sound you would expect to hear
emanating from a wooded bungalow in Laurel Canyon circa 1972. The rainy sounds
of Xu Xu Fang echo early Black Sabbath with whispery vocals that tend toward
Elliott Smith and My Bloody Valentine.
Hailed as ôlocal innovators,ö by the Los Angeles Times, Xu Xu Fang has been
around in fits and starts since 2001, when they released the curiously titled
record, Los Angeles During The Winter of Æ99. Alternative Press rated the bandÆs
album 4 out of 5 stars, calling their live performance, ôOutstanding!ö The LA
Weekly described the group as a, ôKnockout Act!ö
At the end of 2007, Xu Xu Fang released the These Days 12ö single and celebrated
with a sold out performance featuring label mates, A Place To Bury Strangers.
The single received wonderful coverage in MOJO Magazine, and placed Xu Xu Fang
in the Myspace Music Spotlight for the month of January. Liam Gowing, City
Editor of The Onion, described Xu Xu Fang as, ôEnormous, dark, psychedelic, and
beautiful, full of meditative moods that haunt the diaphanous triangle formed by
Pink Floyd, Radiohead, and Sigur Ros.ö
Xu Xu Fang is proud to announce the arrival of their new cdep, The Mourning Son.
Mixed with Mark Needham (Bloc Party, Fleetwood Mac), and Rick Parker (BRMC,
Dandy Warhols), The Mourning Son continues Xu Xu FangÆs tradition of wet,
ocean-tide atmosphere, heavy tunes, and space-like ambience. Later this year,
Xu Xu Fang will appear along side Blonde Redhead, Bat For Lashes, and The Dandy
Warhols on Perfect as Cats: A Tribute to the Cure.