In addition to the band's tribute album to Nina Simone Nina, which will be released on Dec. 2, a new album of original material should be available in 2014. The new LP is due for release on Feb. 4 via Polyvinyl and is called Angel Guts: Red Classroom.
The last album from the band was 2012's Always. The title for the second record is a bit more obscure, and apparently it was inspired by a 1979 Japanese erotic film. Pitchfork reported some insight from the press release for the new album:
"Angel Guts: Red Classroom is the beginning of Xiu Xiu's descent from grayness into the deepest blackness endurable. It is the sound of Xiu Xiu's death. The subject matter-racialized sex, double suicide, double penetration, criminality, fear of physical harm-is unsuitable for the faint of heart. But when the heart has stopped beating, only the soul remains to carry on."
That sounds pretty intense. Listeners beware, apparently.
Below you can read the tracklist for the upcoming LP and listen to one of the new songs, "Stupid in the Dark." Also you can watch the video for "Honeysuckle." There is something so bizarre and mysterious about the sounds and themes this band is putting out there. It's pleasant in a certain way, but also a bit haunting. You'll have to take a look and listen for yourself.
Angel Guts: Red Classroom Tracklist:
1. Angel Guts:
2. Archie's Fades
3. Stupid in the Dark
4. Lawrence Liquors
5. Black Dick
6. New Life Immigration
7. EL Naco
8. Adult Friends
9. The Silver Platter
10. Bitter Melon
11. A Knife in the Sun
12. Cinthya's Unisex
13. Botanica de Los Angeles
14. Red Classroom
