Generally, Xiu Xiu songs are narratives about the internal effects of external events. I did this for a Talkhouse review of a Morrissey record that was less than kind, and it was suggested to me that is more than fair to be made to sit through such a shitty form of assessment myself. More how-did-you-get-here, less what-do-you-got-here.Īngela Seo, who played on, edited, and produced the record (along with the ineffable Greg Saunier) will, from each song, select her favorite and least favorite of said lyrics. They proposed that instead of an implicit deciphering that I could, song by song, discuss the books and images that made the lyrics what they are. Talkhouse, being one of only three good music rags that there are and therefore sensitive, understand the fact that I am a prickly and pretentious D-bag snob. Occasionally I have just said “sure” and gone through it all point by point, but then I always felt jive and hypocritical for having done so. Obviously I have my own ideas about the lyrics, but the hope is that anyone who might check them out has their own experience: good or bad, expanded or null. One’s own thoughts don’t need any of my inane disruptions. Whenever asked-and although it is quite fair to pose a band this question-I will usually say that it is not my business to define these things for the listener. Normally I try to avoid making public any overt explanations as to what any of our records or songs are about lyrically.
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