Right here at Pitchfork, we’ve all however excommunicated the adjective “Lynchian” for its overuse. However Xiu Xiu is likely to be one of many few bands who actually earn the descriptor. Again in 2016, they launched the quilt album Performs the Music of Twin Peaks with the blessings of Lynch and composer Angelo Badalamenti. After Lynch’s loss of life early final 12 months, the band thought-about re-upping the mission after a number of requests. As a substitute, new territory beckoned. Enter Eraserhead Xiu Xiu, set within the universe of Lynch’s pioneering 1977 movie. The LP comes full with a stay live performance movie, which they crafted utilizing subject recordings, modular synths, organ, home made devices, and “electrical interference.” The result’s a dreamlike marriage of musique concrète and otherworldly orchestral work, culminating in a remaining cowl of “In Heaven,” a track from the unique Eraserhead written by Peter Ivers and Lynch himself.
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Sad13: 1331 [Exploding in Sound]
It is scorching on the market—no surprise Sadie Dupuis determined to strip issues down for the brand new Sad13 mixtape 1331, which she made throughout a “mini-nervous breakdown.” (It’s a frenetic mindset you’ll be able to hear within the document’s pacing and sequencing; the 13-song tape is simply 13 minutes lengthy.) 1331 was nearly full when, in June of 2024, Dupuis shattered her elbow in a biking accident, an damage that required a 12 months of rehab and left some docs warning she would possibly by no means play once more. However as an alternative of despairing, the Speedy Ortiz frontwoman obtained artistic, as is obvious within the underlying fury and dedication of those tracks. “My physique didn’t have the juice,” she stated in a press launch. “However monitoring in little bursts over extra time gave me broader influences.”
