Oh no

"All of Xiu Xiu's collaborators honor the bravery and vulnerability of their music, and as Oh No comes to a close, its feeling of hopefulness grows with "A Bottle of Rum," a radiant duet with Grouper's Liz Harris. Embodying hard times as well as the way friends lift each other out of them, Oh No also exemplifies the drama, mystery, and deeply felt emotions that have made Xiu Xiu a vital musical force for decades".

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"Their signature tendency to muddy honesty with extravagant noise has consigned them to being a badly kept secret for too long now. Embracing the participatory rather than lurking in personal mistrust, and supplementing their formerly disconsolate narratives with unusually contented flourishes, these diverse new manifestations substantially demonstrate that Xiu Xiu still exist in a universe of their own design, but that maybe they're ready to temporarily negotiate ours once more".

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"Jamie Stewart duets with more than a dozen indie, punk, and experimental music colleagues, and what results is a surprisingly sweet meditation on friendship, with nary a try-hard shock to be found".

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