Today Xiu Xiu posted two different videos for the track “Lawrence Liquors“, off the new LP Angel Guts: Red Classroom, out now on Polyvinyl Records. Directed by the band’s Jamie Stewart and Angela Seo, the videos are meant to be viewed in tandem. While degrees of horror and terror run thru Xiu Xiu’s three previous offerings from Angel Guts, “El Naco“, “Black Dick“, and “Stupid In The Dark“, both versions of “Lawrence Liquors” are full of playful and exhilarating detail. “Lawrence Liquors #1” uses whimsical title cards to present varying vignettes like “Vegetables Disco” and “Purple Cards“, and the video is awash in the flamboyant colors of Stewart’s current home, the MacArthur Park neighborhood in LA; while “Lawrence Liquors #2” presents fantastic, pyrotechnic imagery from what appears to be a Mexican street festival (on the Xiu Xiu website the video is embedded beneath the title Oaxaca). In addition to the videos, Xiu Xiu announced a single US live date for April, as well as a European tour beginning later that month. The band has also announced that the US dates cancelled due to the injury to Stewart’s vocal chords are currently being rescheduled! You can check out the band’s currently scheduled dates below.
Xiu Xiu Live 2014:
APRIL
(SPECIAL SHOW)
Wed 23 Los Angeles USA -The Church on York w/ Tearist and Special Guest
Wed 30 – Krems, AU – Donau Festival – Dark Material
MAY
Thu 1 – Krems, AU – Donau Festival – Xiu Xiu show + Dark Material
Fri 2 – Krems, AU – Donau Festival – Dark Material
Sat 3 – Krems, AU – Donau Festival – Dark Material
Sun 4 – Krems, AU – Donau Festival – Dark Material
Mon 5 – St Gallen, CH – Grabenhalle with The Residents
Wed 7 – Lausanne, CH – Le Romandie
Thu 8 – Venezia, IT – Teatro Fondamenta Nuove
Fri 9 – Pordenone, IT – PN Box Studios
Sat 10 – Torino, IT – El Barrio
Sun 11 – Brescia, IT – A Palazzo Gallery
Mon 12 – Lyon, FR – Grrnd Zero
Tue 13 – Paris, FR – Petit Bain
Wed 14 – Brest, FR – La Carene
Thu 15 – Lille, FR – La Malterie
Fri 16 – Utrecht, NL, Ekko
Sat 17 – Gent, BE, Democrazy @ DOK-Box with White Hinterland
Sun 18 – Rotterdam, NL, WORM
Tue 20 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club Games Room
Thu 22 – London, UK – Xiu Xiu & ATP present “The Reds Of Their Eyes” @ Birthdays with Blood Music
Fri 23 – Groningen, NL – Lepel Festival
Sat 24 – Copenhagen, DK – Jazzhouse with Circuit Des Yeux
Sun 25 – Berlin, DE – Volksbühne with Owen Pallett
Tue 27 – Hamburg, DE – Kampnagel
Fri 30 – Moscow, RU – PIPL with Psychic TV
JUNE
Sat 1 – St Petersburg – RU – Zal Ojidaniya with Psychic TV
Thu 5 – Mexico City El Plaza Condesa with Deerhoof
