Pitchfork

A year after the release of their full-length debut, Knife Play, Xiu Xiu are preparing to unleash their second album, entitled A Promise. The record will be released on February 18th through the 5 Rue Christine label-- and it's sure to make you spill your Slammin' Strawberry Kiwi drink all over dad's new ottoman, by force of either the music contained within, or the crazified artwork. The new full-length will feature an album cover with a picture that merits an NC-17 rating (or at least one of those Tipper Gore-sanctioned warning labels) for its showcase of a Vietnamese man, his doll, and his, um, penis. Collective Jyrk Records will be handling the vinyl release of A Promise. (Visit their website for the headache-inducing backgrounds. Jeeesus.) The band's also got a free MP3 for the new track "Sad Pony Guerilla Girl" available at the 5 Rue Christine website. Tracklist:

01 Sad Pony Guerrilla Girl
02 Apistat Commander
03 Walnut House
04 20,000 Deaths for Eidelyn Gonzales, 20,000 Deaths for Jamie Peterson
05 Pink City
06 Sad Redux-O-Grapher
07 Blacks
08 Brooklyn Dodgers
08 Fast Car
09 Ian Curtis Wishlist

And for those of you who dig these cutters live cuts, they'll be swinging by your local dive this Spring in support of this new material. Tour dates:

03-19 Portland, OR - The Blackbird
03-20 Vancouver, BC - TBA
03-21 Seattle, WA - The Vera Project
03-22 Missoula, MT - Jay's Upstairs
03-23 Boise, ID - Neurolux
03-24 Salt Lake City, UT - TBA
03-25 Denver, CO - The 15th Street Tavern
03-26 Lawrence, KS - The Replay
03-27 Iowa City, IA - Gabe's Oasis
03-28 Chicago, IL - The Fireside Bowl
03-29 Chicago, IL - The Empty Bottle
03-30 Akron, OH - The Lime Spider
03-31 Bennington, VT - Bennington College, Downstairs Cafe
04-01 Rochester, NY - The Bug Jar
04-02 Brooklyn, NY - TBA
04-04 Philadelphia, PA - The First Unitarian Church
04-05 Boston, MA - MassArt
04-06 Providence, RI - AS220
04-07 TBA
04-08 TBA
04-09 North Carolina - PS211
04-10 South Carolina - The Rhythm Room
04-11 Atlanta, GA - Lenny's
04-12 Knoxville, TN - The Pilot Light
04-13 TBA
04-14 Nashville, TN - Rocketown
04-15 St. Louis, MO - Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center
04-16 Baton Rouge or New Orleans TBA
04-17 Shreveport, LA - The Zebra Room
04-18 Houston, TX - Firestation #3
04-19 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves
04-20 Austin, TX - Emo's
04-21 Oklahoma City, OK - The Green Door
04-22 Santa Fe, NM - TBA
04-23 Phoenix, AZ - Modified
04-24 San Diego, CA - Scholari's Office
04-25 Los Angeles, CA - The Smell
04-26 Berkeley, CA - 924 Gilman St.
04-27 TBA
04-28 Portland, OR - Nocturnal
04-29 TBA
04-30 Seattle, WA - TBA