Xiu Xiu’s Women As Lovers

Xiu Xiu principal Jamie Stewart has announced, in cooperation with the band’s label Kill Rock Stars, the release of Women As Lovers, the follow up to 2006’s The Air Force, due January 29. The 14-song set features contributions from usual suspects such as longtime collaborator Caralee McElroy, as well as drummer Ches Smith and bassist Devin Hoff. Deerhoof’s John Dieterich, Swans/Angels of Light’s Michael Gira, and saxophonist Howard Wiley also join for the record, mixed by Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier.

Track listing:

I Do What I Want When I Want
In Lust You Can Hear the Axe Fall
F.T.W.
No Friend Oh!
Guantanamo Canto
Under Pressure (featuring Michael Gira)
Black Keyboard
Master of the Bump (Kurt Stumbaugh, I Can Feel the Soil Falling Over My Head)
You Are Pregnant, You Are Dead
The Leash
Child at Arms
Puff and Bunny
White Nerd
Gayle Lynn
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