Xiu Xiu have announced a new release titled Xiu Mutha Fuckin' Xiu: Vol. 1, a delightfully wide-ranging collection of a series of covers that have previously only been available through subscription, out 01/16.

You can pre-order Xiu Mutha Fuckin' Xiu: Vol. 1 on Early Bird Pink with Red and Yellow Splatter Vinyl, Red Ripple Vinyl, Test Pressing (comes with Early Bird Vinyl), CD, and tape along with a brand-new merch spread. 

Jamie Stewart shares: “We have a long history of doing covers and have done 3 albums of covers. 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?’”

With regard to the covers of The Runaways and Daniel Johnston, they add: “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.” Further adding: “I love Joan Jett and I love being bad and this song is all about both.”

The most exciting and terrifying parts of dreams (or nightmares) are the ones we recognize. Familiar fragments collide and reassemble into something strange. Things we thought we knew are turned upside down or ripped apart and sewn together backwards. That unnerving thrill — the shiver of recognition followed by disorientation — is at the core of Xiu Mutha Fuckin' Xiu: Vol. 1, the latest collection of covers from prolific music provocateurs Xiu Xiu. Jamie Stewart, Angela Seo and David Kendrick warp and distort classics spanning decades and genres — from 1950s rock n’ roll to new wave, Robyn to Throbbing Gristle. 

Xiu Mutha Fuckin' Xiu Vol. 1 Tracklist 

Side A
Psycho Killer [Talking Heads]
Warm Leatherette [The Normal / Grace Jones]
I Put a Spell on You [Screamin' Jay Hawkins]
Hamburger Lady [Throbbing Gristle]
In Dreams [Roy Orbison]
Sex Dwarf [Soft Cell]

Side B
Dancing on My Own [Robyn]
SPQR [This Heat]
Lick or Sum [GloRilla]
Some Things Last a Long Time [Daniel Johnston]
Triple Sun [Coil]
Cherry Bomb [The Runaways]