Dear God I Hate Myself

Xiu Xiu/ Dear God, I Hate Myself

Instrumental, experimental, noisy, rock? pop? Xiu Xiu’s most accessible album yet. These tracks take their strange mélange of sounds and transform them into catchy, cool melancholic songs. In concert, they performed certain songs with a Nintendo DS. Enjoy! Jamie Stewart’s vocal-sounds are truly unique and compelling.

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1. *** driven beat, melancholic vocals, array of strange sounds, synth into upbeat, cool track, sections of intense grungy, spacey guitar 2. ***random percussive sounds shakey, spacey synth, leads into fabulously melancholic, ironic lyrics. almost dance-beat sections composed with drum kit and crashing cymbal sounds, electronic melodies 3. electronic simple melody over drumbeat and vocals, lots of percussion and synth noises from mysterious origins. 4. FCC “fuck” cool low note spooky synth, croaking synth sounds, beats pick up 5. ***strings, acoustic melody, flute, wood wind sounds, great array of sounds, strange bells and tonal bends, 6. ***Album title song, great, catchy, emo lyrics, but ironic and melancholic, great upbeat melody and catchy sounds 7. intense electronic beginning upbeat gameboy like sounds 8. ***slow steady beat, percussion, bass melody, bells, quieter vocals gain emphasis, piano chords, train whistle? 9. *** quick paced, keyboard melody, shouts, electronic noises 10. banjo party! with off-kilter percussion, forms catchy beat 11. ***bells, chimes, funky drums, electronics, catchy melody and vocals 12. rustling, high pitched synth, piano chords, strings, spastic crashes of sound