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For those keeping track, "The Fox and the Rabbit" is the fifth video from Xiu Xiu's The Air Force-- the rest we've recapped below for your convenience.

"Fox", directed by Cam Archer (who's also done videos for Six Organs of Admittance, Zero 7, and Imperial Teen), features gorgeous sylvan cinematography and some masked, winged, and horned dudes. Unlike the grainy Super 8 and camcorder vibes of previous Air Force vids, this one utilizes some high quality film stock, which means it looks awful purty, like a car commercial. Archer leaves the drama to the song itself, complementing it with ambiguous imagery that quietly suggests something horrific while leaving the gory details to the viewer's imagination. Well done.

Xiu-fanatics have likely already stumbled across the Jose Perez III-directed video for "Boy Soprano", which teleports charmingly pixelated renditions of Jamie Stewart and Caralee McElroy into an incredibly cynical old school video game. Marvel as they kick 8-bit squirrel ass! If you haven't scoped this yet, you really should. And man, we're all waiting for a giant Yoshi to hop out of that giant egg at the end and save the day, BUT HE NEVER DOES.

Xiu Xiu's massive U.S. tour kicked off on Friday-- don't forget to bring your Polaroid film!