Posted on 01 February 2010
This morning we saw what the new female face of Xiu Xiu brings to the table. Now we check in with her predecessor, Jame Stewart’s ex-partner in Xiu Caralee McElroy, who’s moved on to flesh out Wesley Eisold’s darkwaved synth-pop project (and BTW) Cold Cave. Caralee’s shining moment comes with “Life Magazine,” a pop-outlying standout from the Love Comes Close LP (so much so that we’ve already seen a “video” for it, thanks to Radio Shack’s ad department). While she doesn’t feature in the video, the clip does feature a familiar face: Close observers will recognize its star Marti Domination from the Love Comes Close album cover; closer observers will recognize Marti as Goodyear in Matthew Barney’s Cremaster I. Here’s what Wes had to share on the video:
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Posted on 20 October 2009
The title track from BTW Cold Cave’s Love Comes Close — originally released on their own Heartworm Press imprint — nails a dreamy, soul-sick New Order vibe, but the shape-shifting Philadelphia/New York outfit approach the formula with a much darker undertone (as if Ian Curtis sang “Bizarre Love Triangle,” or whatever). The group, which now contains Dominick Fernow of Prurient/Ash Pool and ex-Xiu Xiu multi-instrumenatlist Caralee McElroy — explore noisier and weirder territories on the collection — a big reason it’s of of my favorites this year and The Trees Grew Emotions And Died was a favorite in ‘08 — but sometimes a simple icy pop song works wonders. Old and new members stand in the shadows, get ritualistic, and discover beauty in a few darker corners in the Art Boonparn-directed video for the track.
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