It Comes Out as a Joke is the final act of the audiovisual trilogy created by Xiu Xiu to accompany their latest LP ‘Girl with Basket of Fruit’. Performance artists Ron Athey and Elliot Reed, band members Jamie Stewart and Angela Seo and others who were all featured in Acts I & II (Scisssssssors and Pumpkin Attack on Mommy and Daddy) return for the third video, featuring ritual ceremonies alternately spliced with chaotic and peaceful imagery. The song itself is a sample of the harsher, more pummeling rhythms used on denser parts of ‘Girl with Basket of Fruit’ – an intense, cathartic oeuvre from a project that has pioneered noise pop for over 20 years. Watch the video for It Comes Out as a Joke via YouTube below.
Since the release of ‘Girl with Basket of Fruit,’ Xiu Xiu has been on tour in Europe and will begin their US tour on May 1st. The lineup for the live shows includes Jamie “Butch Jenny” Stewart, Thor Harris (Swans, Devendra
Tour dates
05/01 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk #
05/02 – Houston, TX @ Satellite Bar #
05/03 – Shreveport, LA @ Minicine?
05/04 – Birmingham, AL @ The Firehouse
05/05 – Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
05/07 – Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight
05/08 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
05/09 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
05/10 – Baltimore, MD @ Windup Space
05/11 – Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre
05/12 – New York, NY @ (Le) Poisson Rouge $
05/13 – Burlington, VT @ Club Metronome
05/14 – Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt
05/15 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
05/16 – Detroit, MI @ MOCAD
05/17 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
05/18 – Davenport, IA @ Daytrotter (Livestream Session)
05/18 – Rock Island, IL @ ROZZ-TOX [SOLD OUT]
05/19 – Iowa City, IA @ The Mill
05/20 – Denver, CO @ The Oriental Theater
05/21 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
05/22 – Garden City, ID @ Visual Arts Collective
05/23 – Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project
05/24 – Bellingham, WA @ Bellingham Alternative Library
05/25 – Portland, OR @ Holocene
05/26 – Eugene, OR @ Old Nick’s Pub
05/28 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
05/30 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Lodge Room
06/01 – Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole
06/02 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
06/03 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar
06/05 – Denton, TX @ Andy’s Bar #
11/04 – Berlin, Germany @ Kantine am Berghain
# w/ Thor & Friends
$ w/ Wrekmeister Harmonies
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