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* WarIsHell: "Support Our Troops OH!" is about US war crimes during the Iraq War, including a graphic description of [[spoiler: a 4 year old girl getting her head blown off by US Marines who were firing indiscriminately at the car she was riding in]]. "Gul Mudin", meanwhile, is about a 15 year old Afghan boy who was tortured and murdered for sport by a squad of US Marines.
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* WarIsHell: "Support Our Troops OH!" is about US war crimes during the Iraq War, including a graphic description of [[spoiler: a 4 year old [[spoiler:a 4-year-old girl getting her head blown off by US Marines who were firing indiscriminately at the car she was riding in]]. "Gul Mudin", meanwhile, is about a 15 year old 15-year-old Afghan boy who was tortured and murdered for sport by a squad of US Marines.
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* ''Tu Mi Piaci'' (2006; cover EP)
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* {{Bookends}}: ''Angel Guts: Red Classroom'' begins with the instrumental half-title track "Angel Guts:" and ends with the instrumental half-title track ":Red Classroom".
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* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: While Music/TracyChapman's rendition of "Fast Car" features an anthemic tone to it that exemplifies the themes of futile hope in the face of the cycle of poverty, the Xiu Xiu version is weary and broken, making it sound as if the narrator already passed the DespairEventHorizon long ago.
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* CensorBox: Most releases of ''A Promise'' superimpose a small orange box atop the crotch of the male prostitute photographed nude on the front cover. Jamie Stewart didn't mind the censorship, stating that the man's genitals weren't meant to be the focus of the image.
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** Their version of "Don't Cha" by the Music/PussycatDolls is a particularly notable effort. Instead of playing up on the joke of covering a dodgy pop song, they sing it entirely straight and turns it into a kind of moving - and deeply disturbing - tale of a man refusing to let his bisexual lover leave his wife for him.
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** Their version of "Don't Cha" by the Music/PussycatDolls is a particularly notable effort. Instead of playing up on the joke of covering a dodgy pop song, they sing it entirely straight and turns it into a kind of moving - -- and deeply disturbing - -- tale of a man refusing to let his bisexual lover leave his wife for him.
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** Though "Fast Car", originally by Tracy Chapman, doesn't really gender the narrator, they still manage it. The song changes from being a blue collar couple escaping for a better life elsewhere, to a young homosexual's dream of leaving for the big city.
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** Though "Fast Car", originally by Tracy Chapman, Music/TracyChapman, doesn't really gender the narrator, they still manage it. The song changes from being a blue collar couple escaping for a better life elsewhere, to a young homosexual's dream of leaving for the big city. city.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover of ''Fabulous Muscles'' is a picture of Jamie cuddling a little plush toy of a kitten, with a bright yellow color and quirky lettering for the band name and album title. One would assume that the music inside is of a light-hearted, poppy nature; while melodically it is considered one of the band's more accessible offerings, lyrically it is also home to some of the most harrowing songs in their entire discography.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover of ''Fabulous Muscles'' is a picture of Jamie cuddling a little plush toy of a kitten, with a bright yellow color and quirky lettering for the band name and album title. One would assume that the music inside is of a light-hearted, poppy nature; while melodically it is considered one of the band's more accessible offerings, lyrically it is also home to some of the most harrowing songs in their entire discography.
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* TraumaCongaLine: Insofar as it tells a story, ''FORGET'' seems to tell of a young person's downward spiral into prostitution, culminating in a DespairEventHorizon and implied suicide in the final track.
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* TransTribulations: "Dr. Troll" is about a trans woman who experiences gender dysphoria while working with young children, inspired by Jamie's own experiences in both areas.
---> It would be so much easier\\
If she was a real girl\\
The preschool students ask her\\
What she is\\
She thinks, "I don't know"\\
She says, "What do you think?"
* TraumaCongaLine: Insofar as it tells a story, ''FORGET'' seems to tell of a young person's downward spiral into prostitution, culminating in a DespairEventHorizon and implied suicide in the finaltrack. track.
* TroubledChild: "Brian the Vampire" is about a boy Jamie knew who was being sexually abused by his older brother, the nickname coming from the eyebags he developed through lack of sleep.
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She thinks, "I don't know"\\
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* TraumaCongaLine: Insofar as it tells a story, ''FORGET'' seems to tell of a young person's downward spiral into prostitution, culminating in a DespairEventHorizon and implied suicide in the final
* TroubledChild: "Brian the Vampire" is about a boy Jamie knew who was being sexually abused by his older brother, the nickname coming from the eyebags he developed through lack of sleep.
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* TheCoverChangesTheGender: Averted. Xiu Xiu have a habit of covering songs without changing any of the pronouns. Considering singer Jamie Stewart is quite camp (and has written many songs of his own sung to men, both from male and female perspectives), this is almost always the least troubling example of TheCoverChangesTheMeaning in their versions however.
** Their version of "Don't Cha" by the Music/PussycatDolls is a particularly notable effort. Instead of playing up on the joke of covering a dodgy pop song, he sings it entirely straight and turns it into a kind of moving - and deeply disturbing - tale of a man refusing to let his bisexual lover leave his wife for him.
** They even do it to their own songs, releasing two different versions of Helsabot, one sung plaintively by regular singer Jamie Stewart and the other by (now-former) member Caralee Mcelroy, who has quite a sweet, girlish voice. Though they don't change the lyrics, considering the song deals with the antics of a violent alcoholic robot, lines like "I did something bad, I got in a fight, about drugs, kicked him in the neck" have wildly differing contexts.
** Their version of "Don't Cha" by the Music/PussycatDolls is a particularly notable effort. Instead of playing up on the joke of covering a dodgy pop song, he sings it entirely straight and turns it into a kind of moving - and deeply disturbing - tale of a man refusing to let his bisexual lover leave his wife for him.
** They even do it to their own songs, releasing two different versions of Helsabot, one sung plaintively by regular singer Jamie Stewart and the other by (now-former) member Caralee Mcelroy, who has quite a sweet, girlish voice. Though they don't change the lyrics, considering the song deals with the antics of a violent alcoholic robot, lines like "I did something bad, I got in a fight, about drugs, kicked him in the neck" have wildly differing contexts.
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* TheCoverChangesTheGender: Averted. Xiu Xiu have a habit of covering songs without changing any of the pronouns. Considering singer Jamie Stewart is quite camp (and has written many songs of his their own sung to men, both from male and female perspectives), this is almost always the least troubling example of TheCoverChangesTheMeaning in their versions however.
** Their version of "Don't Cha" by the Music/PussycatDolls is a particularly notable effort. Instead of playing up on the joke of covering a dodgy pop song,he sings they sing it entirely straight and turns it into a kind of moving - and deeply disturbing - tale of a man refusing to let his bisexual lover leave his wife for him.
** They even do it to their own songs, releasing two different versions ofHelsabot, "Helsabot", one sung plaintively by regular singer Jamie Stewart and the other by (now-former) member Caralee Mcelroy, [=Caralee McElroy=], who has quite a sweet, girlish voice. Though they don't change the lyrics, considering the song deals with the antics of a violent alcoholic robot, lines like "I did something bad, I got in a fight, about drugs, kicked him in the neck" have wildly differing contexts.
** Their version of "Don't Cha" by the Music/PussycatDolls is a particularly notable effort. Instead of playing up on the joke of covering a dodgy pop song,
** They even do it to their own songs, releasing two different versions of
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* KissingCousins: When Caralee Mcelroy joined the band, Jamie Stewart claimed she was his long lost cousin, which makes some of their promotional photoshoots [[https://i.imgur.com/InqXT9d.jpg a bit]] [[https://i.imgur.com/3ecmZEi.jpg suspect]].
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* KissingCousins: When Caralee Mcelroy [=McElroy=] joined the band, Jamie Stewart claimed she was his their long lost cousin, which makes some of their promotional photoshoots [[https://i.imgur.com/InqXT9d.jpg a bit]] [[https://i.imgur.com/3ecmZEi.jpg suspect]].
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* RevolvingDoorBand: Jamie Stewart usually has a partner-in-crime (Cory Mcculloch, Caralee Mcelroy, and Angela Seo, in chronological order), but the remainder of the lineup always changes with each record and tour, based on whoever is available at any given time.
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* RevolvingDoorBand: Jamie Stewart usually has a partner-in-crime (Cory Mcculloch, [=McCulloch=], Caralee Mcelroy, [=McElroy=], and Angela Seo, in chronological order), but the remainder of the lineup always changes with each record and tour, based on whoever is available at any given time.
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* TranquilFury: Jamie's spoken word in "Support Our Troops OH!" is flat and monotone, but it's clear from the lyrics that he's seething with hatred at the subject of the song.
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* TranquilFury: Jamie's spoken word in "Support Our Troops OH!" is flat and monotone, but it's clear from the lyrics that he's they're seething with hatred at the subject of the song.
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* WidgetSeries: A quintessential WAT.
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!! Discography:
[[AC:Studio Albums]]
* ''Knife Play'' (2002)
* ''A Promise'' (2003)
* ''Fabulous Muscles'' (2004)
* ''La Forêt'' (2005)
* ''The Air Force'' (2006)
* ''Women as Lovers'' (2008)
* ''Dear God, I Hate Myself'' (2010)
* ''Always'' (2012)
* ''Angel Guts: Red Classroom'' (2014)
* ''FORGET'' (2017)
* ''Girl with Basket of Fruit'' (2019)
* ''OH NO'' (2021)
* ''Ignore Grief'' (2023)
[[AC:Live Albums]]
* ''Live'' (2005)
* ''Life and Live'' (2005)
* ''Deforms the Unborn'' (2020)
[[AC:Other Notable Releases]]
* ''Chapel of the Chimes'' (2002; EP)
* ''Fag Patrol'' (2003; compilation of acoustic re-recordings of songs from various releases)
* ''Nina'' (2013; Music/NinaSimone tribute album)
* ''Unclouded Sky'' (2014; CoverAlbum of various North American religious folk songs from the mid 19th-early 20th century interspersed with field recordings)
* ''MERZXIU'' (2015; collaboration with Music/{{Merzbow}})
* ''Kling Klang'' (2015; sound art featuring recordings of [[EverythingIsAnInstrument 999 pink vibrators]])
* ''Plays the Music of Twin Peaks'' (2016; covers of pieces from the ''Series/TwinPeaks'' soundtrack)
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** "Jennifer Lopez" is a sort of open letter to the eponymous singer, asking if she ever gets upset about the fact that her music soundtracks so many men's broken hearts and sexual frustrations in (presumably gay) bars around the world every Friday night.
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** "Jennifer Lopez" "Music/JenniferLopez" is a sort of open letter to the eponymous singer, asking if she ever gets upset about the fact that her music soundtracks so many men's broken hearts and sexual frustrations in (presumably gay) bars around the world every Friday night.
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* KissingCousins: When Caralee Mcelroy joined the band, Jamie Stewart claimed she was his long lost cousin. Which, if true, makes some of their promotional pictures during her stint [[http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/200908/08/02/f0048302_12455659.jpg a bit]] [[http://www.popfrenzy.com.au/img/photos/blueghost_xiuxiu6.jpg creepy]].
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* KissingCousins: When Caralee Mcelroy joined the band, Jamie Stewart claimed she was his long lost cousin. Which, if true, cousin, which makes some of their promotional pictures during her stint [[http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/200908/08/02/f0048302_12455659.photoshoots [[https://i.imgur.com/InqXT9d.jpg a bit]] [[http://www.popfrenzy.com.au/img/photos/blueghost_xiuxiu6.[[https://i.imgur.com/3ecmZEi.jpg creepy]]. suspect]].
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* RevolvingDoorBand: Jamie Stewart usually has a partner-in-crime (Cory Mcculloch, Caralee Mcelroy, and Angela Seo, in chronological order), but the remainder of the lineup always changes with each record and tour, based on whoever is available at any given time.
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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: ''Fabulous Muscles'' is mostly an art rock album filled with songs about personal trauma, but "Support Our Troops OH!" is a Peter Sotos-esque noise track protesting the Iraq War.
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* ContemptibleCover: ''A Promise'', showing a naked Vietnamese man cradling a baby doll. Most versions of the album censor his penis, but the vinyl doesn't.
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** "Sad Pony Guerrilla Girl" is surely in the running for "creepiest love song ever". Best case scenario is it's about a girl having a one sided affair with a married woman, and being unhappy with the arrangement, but too in love with him to break it off. The song also alludes to the woman beating her up, and the line "I am your little girl" may or may not be intended literally.
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** "Sad Pony Guerrilla Girl" is surely in the running for "creepiest love song ever". Best case scenario is it's about a girl having a one sided affair with a married woman, and being unhappy with the arrangement, but too in love with him her to break it off. The song also alludes to the woman beating her up, and the line "I am your little girl" may or may not be intended literally.
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** "Sad Pony Guerrilla Girl" is surely in the running for "creepiest love song ever". Best case scenario is it's about a woman girl having a one sided affair with a married man, woman, and being unhappy with the arrangement, but too in love with him to break it off. The song also alludes to him the woman beating her up, and the line "I am your little girl" may or may not be intended literally.
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* BlackComedy: "When you get to be my age, the police don't assume that you still like to light things on fire. Bearing that in mind, I wouldn't trust me either!" ("Boy Soprano")
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* YourCheatingHeart: "Adult Friends" may be one of the creepiest songs ever written on this topic.
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* BiTheWay: Jamie seems to like men and women about equally.
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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: ''Fabulous Muscles'' is mostly an art rock album filled with songs about personal trauma, but "Support Our Troops OH!" is a Peter Sotos-esque noise track protesting the Iraq War.
* ProtestSong: "Support Our Troops OH!" and "Gul Mudin" protest American war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan respectively.
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* WarIsHell: "Support Our Troops OH!" is about US war crimes during the Iraq War, including a graphic description of [[spoiler: a 4 year old girl getting her head blown off by US Marines who were firing indiscriminately at the car she was riding in]]. "Gul Mudin", meanwhile, is about a 15 year old Afghan boy who was tortured and murdered for sport by a squad of US Marines.
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** "Little Panda [=McElroy=]" seems to be a straight love song on paper, but its subtext is that the narrator is loving an idealized version of another person as a way to avoid confronting their self-loathing and the relationship is not built to last.
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* AuthorAppeal: Jamie seems to be a big fan of Asian cinema; the band name is taken from a Chinese drama film, while ''Angel Guts: Red Classroom'' is the name of a Japanese exploitation movie.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: In a discography filled with harsh and intense music, ''Angel Guts: Red Classroom'' and ''Girl With Basket of Fruit'' stand out as especially punishing albums.
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* ContemptibleCover: ''A Promise''.Promise'', showing a naked Vietnamese man cradling a baby doll. Most versions of the album censor his penis, but the vinyl doesn't.
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* DownerEnding: ''FORGET'' ends with the one-two punch of "Petite" and "Faith, Torn Apart", showing the protagonist crossing the DespairEventHorizon and either killing themselves or becoming an EmptyShell.
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* DisposableSexWorker: The protagonist of ''FORGET''.
* DownerEnding: Almost all of their storytelling songs, as Jamie Stewart has expressed fondness for songs that "narrate some particular horrible things that happen to somebody and there's no positive resolution in the end at all." For an album example, ''FORGET'' ends with the one-two punch of "Petite" and "Faith, Torn Apart", showing the protagonist crossing the DespairEventHorizon and either killing themselves or becoming an EmptyShell.
* DownerEnding: Almost all of their storytelling songs, as Jamie Stewart has expressed fondness for songs that "narrate some particular horrible things that happen to somebody and there's no positive resolution in the end at all." For an album example, ''FORGET'' ends with the one-two punch of "Petite" and "Faith, Torn Apart", showing the protagonist crossing the DespairEventHorizon and either killing themselves or becoming an EmptyShell.
* {{Gorn}}: The video for "Stupid in the Dark" shows Angela Seo ''brutally'' murdering her boyfriend (not in real life obviously).
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* MadnessMantra: Paired with AlbumTitleDrop in the TitleTrack of ''FORGET''.
--> ''"Forget who you are, don't admit who you are, forget who you are, don't admit who you are..."''
--> ''"Forget who you are, don't admit who you are, forget who you are, don't admit who you are..."''
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* MadnessMantra: Paired with AlbumTitleDrop in Jamie uses this a lot.
** "I WON'T REST UNTIL I FORGET ABOUT IT, I WON'T REST UNTIL I FORGET!"
** "Black dick! Black dick! Black dick!"
** "Everyone loves you, theTitleTrack of ''FORGET''.
--> ''"Forgetpain has just begun, everyone hates you, the pain has just begun..."
** "Forget who you are, don't admit who you are, forget who you are, don't admit who you are..."''"
** "I WON'T REST UNTIL I FORGET ABOUT IT, I WON'T REST UNTIL I FORGET!"
** "Black dick! Black dick! Black dick!"
** "Everyone loves you, the
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** "Forget who you are, don't admit who you are, forget who you are, don't admit who you are...
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* SurrealMusicVideo: Most of them, though "A Knife in the Sun", "Jenny Go Go", and "Pumpkin Attack on Mommy and Daddy" stand out for sheer Lynchian weirdness.
* SurrealHorror: Massive amounts, especially on ''Angel Guts: Red Classroom'' and ''Girl With Basket of Fruit''.
* SurrealHorror: Massive amounts, especially on ''Angel Guts: Red Classroom'' and ''Girl With Basket of Fruit''.
