Pitchfork: Xiu Xiu to Release New Single

A 7" featuring two songs that are also coming out on an album usually isn't a big deal. But Xiu Xiu have turned the single for "Boy Soprano" (from their forthcoming album The Air Force, due out September 12 on 5RC) into a work of art.

The limited edition 7" vinyl picture disc, which also features the B-side album track "Saint Pedro Glue Stick" is available for pre-order from the DoggPony label's website starting today, although it won't ship until July 11.

According to Brendan Fowler (aka BARR), head of DoggPony, the record "is intended as sort of a split single between Xiu Xiu and [photographer and Xiu Xiu merch guy] David Horvitz in the very literal sense where Xiu Xiu did the sound part and David did the visual parts (the pictures on the picture disc and a special limited postcard/photo print/insert which relates in a maybe sneaky way to the ‘Boy Soprano' song). So it's not split side to side but sound to physical." However, "Saint Pedro Glue Stick" was picked as the B-side because Horvitz plays on it.

The single is limited to an edition of 500, 100 of which Xiu Xiu will take out on their upcoming fall tour, where fans can buy the 7" directly from Horvitz. However, Fowler expects to sell out of the record before the end of the tour, so don't wait and blow it.

Speaking of Fowler, BARR have been in the studio with Greg Casebeer (please let that be his real name!), readying their next full-length for a February release on 5RC. The first single from the as-yet-untitled album is the straightforwardly titled "The Song Is the Single", and it will be released in September on PPM.

BARR will join Xiu Xiu on the first half of their fall tour.

Dangerous you shouldn't be here:

08-03 Olympia, WA - Homo a Go Go !
09-22 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court *#
09-23 Denver, CO - Climax Lounge *#
09-24 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck *#
09-25 St. Louis, MO - Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center *#
09-27 Denton, TX - Hailey's *#
09-29 Austin, TX - Emo's *#
09-30 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington *#
10-02 Tallahassee, FL - Club Down Under *#
10-03 Tampa, FL - Transitions Art Gallery *#
10-04 Sarasota, FL - Sudakoff Convention Center (New College) *#
10-05 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds *#
10-06 Atlanta, GA - Eyedrum *#
10-07 Charleston, SC - Map Room *#
10-10 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church *#
10-12 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *#
10-13 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *^
10-14 Cambridge, MA - Middle East *^
10-16 Buffalo, NY - Soundlab *^
10-19 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa *^
10-20 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo *^
10-21 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *^
10-23 Columbus, OH - Little Brother's *^
10-24 Newport, KY - Southgate House *^
10-25 Cleveland, OH - Beachland *^
10-26 Gambier, OH - Horn Gallery *^
10-27 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium *^
10-28 Minneapolis, MN - TBA *^
11-05 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall
11-07 Visalia, CA - Howie and Son's *
11-08 Goleta, CA - Hard to Find Showspace
11-09 Los Angeles, CA - Echo
11-10 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *