Xiu Xiu have announced announce new covers album, Xiu Mutha Fuckin’ Xiu: Vol. 1, which is slated for release on January 16 on Polyvinyl. Today’s announcement is accompanied by the band’s renditions of ‘Cherry Bomb’ by The Runaways and ‘Some Things Last a Long Time’ by Daniel Johnston. Take a listen below.
This is the band’s third album of covers, following 2013’s Nina and 2016’s Plays the Music of Twin Peaks. It also sees them tackling songs by Glorilla, Robyn, Talking Heads, and more. “We have a long history of doing covers and have done 3 albums of covers,” Jamie Stewart explained. “The enduring and basic throughline with all of them is an attempt to say thank you to those songs. They are all in one way or another pieces of music that have moved us and exploring them in a deep way is a small honorific offering to the muse that created them. We never approach them thinking ‘How can we improve these’ but really “What can we learn from these?’”
Commenting on today’s covers, they added: “Unexpectedly I (forgive this melodramatic admission) cried while singing the Daniel Johnston song. If there ever were a sincere and wounded voice in the world it is his. I love Joan Jett and I love being bad and this song is all about both.”
Xiu Mutha Fuckin’ Xiu: Vol. 1 Cover Artwork:
Xiu Mutha Fuckin’ Xiu: Vol. 1 Tracklist:
1. Psycho Killer [Talking Heads]
2. Warm Leatherette [The Normal / Grace Jones]
3. I Put a Spell on You [Screamin’ Jay Hawkins]
4. Hamburger Lady [Throbbing Gristle]
5. In Dreams [Roy Orbison]
6. Sex Dwarf [Soft Cell]
7. Dancing on My Own [Robyn]
8. SPQR [This Heat]
9. Lick or Sum [GloRilla]
10. Some Things Last a Long Time [Daniel Johnston]
11. Triple Sun [Coil]
12. Cherry Bomb [The Runaways]
