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A Soundtrack for a Polaroid of Two Trees in Indiana
Experimental · 2007 · 21 tracks · 52m

A Soundtrack for a Polaroid of Two Trees in Indiana

Xiu Xiu

A fragile collection of field recordings and ambient sketches. Murky, quiet, and deeply evocative of a specific, faded American landscape.

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It's like a ghost's travel vlog through the American wilderness using only a broken tape recorder.

A quiet, ghostly stillness that feels like watching a landscape through a layer of old film grain.

A Soundtrack for a Polaroid of Two Trees in Indiana · vs · Xiu Xiu
Instrumental Only+3.2σ

The vocals lean far further into instrumental only than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 21 Tracks · 52m
01
Doris Improv III
4:18
02
Blue Dicks [AZ]
0:19
03
Driving Canada 3am Moose on the Loose
3:46
04
Lilac [MI]
0:43
05
David and the Wolf
1:38
06
Beech Drops [FL]
1:40
07
B Side Is Silent
4:20
08
Fairy Duster [AZ]
0:45
09
Bog Rose [NC]
0:13
11
Goldenrod [SC]
1:01
12
Salam Hale Shoma / Ferrocaril
0:36
13
Folk Song
1:07
14
Shepherd’s Purse [KY]
1:44
15
Spiderwort [FL]
0:17
16
Green Tea at Denny’s
1:28
17
Beard Tongue [WA]
1:04
18
IMOC
4:12
19
The Mentors Go to School
2:28
20
Instrumental
3:43
21
Bring It All Back Home
11:16
22
Cat’s Ear [OR]
1:41
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the eleven-minute sprawl of Bring It All Back Home dissolves into a meditative, low-frequency hum that feels like a physical weight.
The jarring but strangely peaceful transition from the found-sound snippets of Michigan to the haunting melodic fragments of David and the Wolf.
The sudden clarity of the acoustic guitar on Folk Song emerging from a thicket of digital hiss and environmental noise.

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