Xiu Xiu have announced a new LP, 13″ Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips. The follow-up to last year’s Ignore Grief is set to arrive on September 27 via Polyvinyl. Mixed by John Congleton, the album was partly inspired by the band’s recent move from Los Angeles to Berlin. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the new single ‘Common Loon’, which frontman Jamie Steward described as “a boogie embrace for queer perverts across the multiverse.” Check it out and find the album artwork, tracklist, and Xiu Xiu’s upcoming tour dates below.
‘Common Loon’ arrives with an NSFW video (the uncensored version of which you can watch here) directed by and starring performance artist Alicia McDaid as “Mcdazzler, Britney Spears, The Angelologist, Smurfette, Garfield, Pepe, Anna Nicole Smith Joker, Led Zeppelin groupie, Galactica Darkstar, Jason Voorhees, Frida Kardashian, Viagra, Goth Monica Geller, Chemtrails, Ghöstmilf, She Hulk, Carmela Soprano, Cathy, Bret Michaels Andy Warhol and Odie.”
Of the video, Stewart said: “The song ‘Common Loon,’ for us, is about revelling in perversity, cuckooness, queerness and/or the unquenchable personal requirement to wild out. As MASSIVE fans of Alicia McDazzler’s work, we could think of no one else more qualified to embody those ways of being and no one else who would crank them up further than we would have ever imagined. She is an inspiration and icon to all LOONS!”
Alicia McDaid added: “I used footage of myself as @mcdazzler and lots of different characters from the past 10 years to compose what I hope feels like an end of pop culture freak life flashing before your third eye journey to the corndog underworld which emerges into the collective funnel cake in the sky that exists within everything and nothing where all beings are truly free to headbang as Garfield and Odie simultaneously.”
Read our 2023 interview with Xiu Xiu.
13″ Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips Cover Artwork:
13″ Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips Tracklist:
1. Arp Omni
2. Maestro One Chord
3. Common Loon
4. Pale Flower
5. Veneficium
6. Sleep Blvd.
7. T.D.F.T.W.
8. Bobby Bland
9. Piña, Coconut & Cherry
Xiu Xiu 2024 Tour Dates:
20/09 – Reno, NV @ The Holland Project
21/09 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Social Club
22/09 – Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project
23/09 – Portland, OR @ Holocene
24/09 – Arcata, CA @ The Miniplex
26/09 – San Diego, CA @ The Loft at UCSD
27/09 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge
28/09 – Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole
30/09 – Austin, TX @ The Parish
02/10 – Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves
03/10 – New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
05/10 – Orlando, FL @ Conduit
06/10 – Miami, FL @ Gramps
07/10 – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
08/10 – Savannah, GA @ Lodge Of Sorrows
09/10 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
10/10 – Durham, NC @ TBA
11/10 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
13/10 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro
14/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMoca
15/10 – New York, NY @ LPR
16/10 – Providence, RI @ AS220 Live Arts
17/10 – Portland, ME @ Space Gallery
18/10 – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmont
19/10 – Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
20/10 – Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
21/10 – Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village
22/10 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
23/10 – Des Moines, IA @ xBk
24/10 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
26/10 – Fort Collins, CO @ The Coast
27/10 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
29/10 – San Francisco, CA @ Gray Area Foundation for the Arts
30/10 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Lodge Room
01/11 – Oberlin, OH @ The ‘Sco – Oberlin College
08/11 – Groeningen, Netherlands @ Vera
09/11 – Den Bosch, Netherlands @ FAQ Festival
10/11 – Rotterdam, Netherlands @ De Doelen
11/11 – Brussels, Belgium @ La Botanique
13/11 – Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew
14/11 – Brighton, UK @ Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA)
15/11 – Stockport, UK @ St Mary’s
16/11 – Glasgow, UK @ Room 2 Cottiers
17/11 – Oxford, UK @ The Bullingdon
19/11 – London, UK @ Heaven #
20/11 – Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach #
22/11 – Brest, France @ Festival Invisible #
23/11 – Paris, France @ Hasard Ludique #
25/11 – Grenoble, France @ Le Ciel #
27/11 – Nurnberg, Germany @ Soft Spot / Kantine #
28/11 – Prague, Czech Republic @ Meet Factory #
29/11 – Berlin, Germany @ Lido #
30/11 – Poznań, Poland @ Próżność #
05/17 – Seattle WA @ Moore Theatre %
05/18 – Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre %
