Photo by Cody Cloud

Contextualized by Jamie Stewart, “In ‘Maybae Baeby,’ the singer’s viewpoint is of a young person hiding in a fantastical conversation with a tarantula in order to escape a physically abusive parent. We were hiding within this fantasy of a fantasy, following the model of the late 1950s sub genre of ‘Teen Tragedy Songs,’ to try and find a way to come to terms with a number of staggeringly horrendous events that occurred to people close to the band over the last two years.” As the first preview from Xiu Xiu’s lucky 13th new album, Ignore Grief, the non-linear fingerprints Stewart alongside Angela Seo and now, newest member in David Kendrick (Sparks, Devo) sculpt in sound creak and clangor into a distorted view. The ever-present unsettling nature of this grim, isolating life is always right outside of us, and so we escape inward into fantastical thought.

Directed by: Angela Seo

Xiu Xiu’s Ignore Grief will be released March 3rd on Polyvinyl Records.