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| Released | March 3, 2023 | |||
| Studio | Nurse (Los Angeles) | |||
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| Length | 40:54 | |||
| Label | Polyvinyl | |||
| Producer | Angela Seo | |||
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Ignore Grief is the thirteenth studio album by American experimental band Xiu Xiu, released on March 3, 2023, by Polyvinyl. It was written by band leader Jamie Stewart and new member David Kendrick. It was produced by fellow member Angela Seo, and recorded by Stewart at their home studio in Los Angeles, alongside a wide array of guest musicians including Charlie Looker, Ben Chisholm, Ezra Buchla, Patrick Shiroishi and Ian Wellman. The album artwork was designed by Janelle Abad, and depicts a white bat over a black background.
Ignore Grief is a departure from the band's previous album, more in line with the sounds and themes seen in Girl with Basket of Fruit (2019). It mainly features a sound that embodies experimental, industrial, and modern classical music. Instrumentally, it incorporates orchestral instrumentation including violins, violas, cellos, double bass, flutes and piano, in addition to the electronic percussion and synthesizers typically used by the band, as well as a variety of other instruments, including, gongs, double reed flute and found objects. Its lyrical content explores life's horrors and human tragedy, dealing with prostitution, sex trafficking, murder, cults and substance abuse, through two halves, one inspired by real stories, and the other one by imaginary ones, sang each by Seo and Stewart.
The first single, "Maybae Baeby" was released on January 12, 2023,[1] followed by "Pahrump" on February 15.[2]
- ^ Brodsky, Rachel (January 12, 2023). "Xiu Xiu Share New Song "Maybae Baeby": Listen". Stereogum. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
- ^ Brodsky, Rachel (February 15, 2023). "Xiu Xiu Share New Song "Pahrump": Listen". Stereogum. Retrieved February 15, 2023.