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Question: What could Xiu Xiu do after having their electronic equipment and computers stolen shortly after the release of "A Promise" (April 2003)? Answer: Cancel the tour, return to the studio, and record an acoustic album. More than that. A beautiful, emotional, touching, intense acoustic album.
"Fag Patrol" consists of two new tracks, "Helsabot" and "Nieces Pieces," two tracks from "Knife Play": "Dr Troll" and "I Broke Up," two from "Chapel of the Chimes": "King Earth, King Earth" and "Jennifer Lopez," two from "A Promise": "20,000 Deaths For Eidelyn Gonzales 20,000 Deaths for Jamie Peterson" and "Brooklyn Dodgers," plus a cover of "Asleep" by the Smiths, which seems a bit flat and monotonous compared to the depth of the rest of the album. An album full of tension, palpable yet restrained, which is only released in the powerful, anguished screams of "Jennifer Lopez" in a version that nearly surpasses the "Sweet Science Version" from "Chapel Of The Chimes." However, let me immediately tell those who found "A Promise" unlistenable to stay far away from "Fag Patrol"—you would find it truly unbearable, you couldn't handle it... and anyway, it won't be difficult to avoid it, as it was released in a super-limited edition by the Free Porcupine Society and—if any copies are still left—you could only obtain it by ordering from http://www.absolutelykosher.com/merchandise.html (thnx joser!). It will arrive in a nice gray-green paper case, along with the invoice and a complimentary CD of Absolutely Kosher's musical novelties.
Acoustic, as we said... thus having to do without the usual industrial noises that characterized the musical fabric of previous albums, the only obsessive protagonist of this CD remains Jamie Stewart's voice, which has the opportunity to express all its dramatic warmth and almost single-handedly drags me into Jamie's disturbing musical world, creating emotional suggestions overflowing with pathos. Jamie Stewart... the madman... and to think that he teaches in a kindergarten... During recordings, his mouth must have been very close to the microphone because you can hear every single breath recorded, every muffled word, every strangled moan... Such an intimate contact with Jamie Stewart that, if listened to at the wrong moment, could become almost annoying, morbid for some... I wonder how you'd react to listening to "Helsabot," for instance, where at one point a salivating whisper "Do your pants ever just fall off off off..." manages to give me a shiver... but I love Xiu Xiu!!! 1000 copies of "Fag Patrol" were made... mine is number 421.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Helsabot (05:03)
I did something bad
I got in a fight
about drugs
kicked him in the neck
I am helsabot
I am all you're not
but you wish you were
I am working hard
don't you laugh at me
I am helsabot
alcohol fueled robot
I take off my clothes
then I say to joe
"do your pants ever just fall off?"
a menage-et-trois' fine
I am helsabot
I am all you're not
but you wish you were
I am working hard
don't you laugh at me
I am helsabot
alcohol fueled robot
02 King Earth, King Earth (05:40)
angel wear your 'pray hard' shirt
angel your daughter
the circle of your line
Oh Angelina in a different life
Oh Angelina in a sickle cell
Oh Angelina in a different time
No one can touch you
No one can touch you
Angel, so faithful
The dead will bury their own dead
Angel
exodus
Remember all the time
Oh Angelina in a different life
Oh Angelina in a sickel cell
Oh Angelina in a different time
No one can touch you
No one can touch you
04 Dr. Troll (04:17)
la la holds inside of her
the horrible dream of being somebody
thinking about her dream makes her feel
like it’s stupid
a dream whose coming true
is a must a must
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
listen to On Fire and pretend someone could love you
listen to Birthday and dream they knew the half of it
listen to Lady Day and pretend someone could love you
listen to Nick Drake and dream they knew the half of it
05 Jennifer Lopez (02:07)
excuse me
is it true what they say?
about guys who go out by themselves?
is that they go home by themselves
you've seen me dance here alone before
is it tough to watch
friday after friday?
06 Brooklyn Dodgers (03:41)
Sorry I walked away when you told me what you were scared of the night that you turned 12
Trying not to cry in front of your older brother
He knows where I live, he's not interested
I can't have nice things, like a boy who stays who stays around
When I needed him the most on your walk
Hold your head up high and when you watch me fall
Please look back for the last time
Brooklyn dodger
07 Asleep (03:38)
Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
I'm tired and I
I want to go to bed
Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
And then leave me alone
Don't try to wake me in the morning
'Cause I will be gone
Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I will feel so glad to go
Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
I don't want to wake up
On my own anymore
Sing to me
Sing to me
I don’t want to wake up
On my own any more
Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I really want to go
There is another world
There is a better world
Well, there must be
Well, there must be
Bye bye
08 I Broke Up (03:27)
It was not posed
It messed me up
It was her recording herself
Whisper.
"What is it worth to me?"
Thinking one thought
The advice to be okay.
Break into childrens hospital
Cry it out.
"Dont fuck with me, dont fuck with me"
And I broke up
without a note
And I broke up
Its a mess
Go go go go go
Away from here.
Food color poured out all over her shorts mixed with
I`ll make a gate you cannot pass
Taped to there loinclothes
A sign that says "Why us?"
Flip yourself off but erase it when someone sees you.
"This, this is the worst vacation ever, I am going to cut open your
forehead with a roofing shingle, Ohh Ohh"
And I broke up
without a note
And I broke up
And I broke up
behind your house
And I broke up
09 Nieces Pieces (03:24)
I can't wait to watch you get older
I can't wait to meet that first boy that breaks your life
I can't wait till you realize the family you've been born into
I can't wait to watch you turn from good to bad
I can't wait to tell your grandpa made your mommy
play stripper while your uncle watched
I can't wait to tell you I punched your mommy in the chest
In front of her new friends
I can't wait till you realize mommy's heart is broken
I can't wait to watch you grow up around the people who broke it
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