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Women as Lovers
Experimental · 2008 · 14 tracks · 43m

Women as Lovers

Xiu Xiu

Abrasive industrial noise collides with fragile synth-pop. A visceral, maximalist exploration of human horror and beauty through unstable vocals and metallic clatter.

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It's like a beautiful synth-pop record that's being actively dismantled by a machine shop.

A relentless collision of visceral political horror and fragile personal exposure.

Women as Lovers · vs · Xiu Xiu
Falsetto+1.5σ

The vocals lean notably further into falsetto than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 43m
01
I Do What I Want, When I Want
3:12
02
In Lust You Can Hear the Axe Fall
3:30
03
F.T.W.
2:56
04
No Friend Oh!
3:48
05
Guantanamo Canto
2:37
06
Under Pressure
3:31
07
Black Keyboard
3:58
08
Master of the Bump (Kurt Stumbaugh, I Can Feel the Soil Falling Over My Head)
3:56
09
You Are Pregnant You, You Are Dead
2:17
10
The Leash
2:16
11
Child at Arms
2:52
12
Puff and Bunny
2:52
13
White Nerd
2:45
14
Gayle Lynn
3:13
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring transition into the frantic, horn-blasted cover of Under Pressure that feels like a panic attack.
The way the percussion on In Lust You Can Hear the Axe Fall mimics the mechanical rhythm of a factory floor.
The sudden, terrifying silence that punctuates the most abrasive noise sections in Child at Arms.
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