Over the last two decades, Xiu Xiu’s prolific and influential output of acclaimed albums and collaborations has been consistently dazzling. 17 albums later, the band has toured the globe relentlessly, performing in places as far off the beaten path as Kazakhstan and Lebanon and places institutionally vital as the Guggenheim and Centre Pompidou.

Today Xiu Xiu shares a dual single release for the song “Arp Omni,” a swelling, textural string-filled ballad, and the jolting, maximalist, industrial prog-pop banger “Veneficium.” Both songs appear on the new album 13″ Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips (Polyvinyl), due for release September 27, 2024. On 13″ Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips, Angela Seo, David Kendrick, and Jamie Stewart deliver some of the band’s most compelling and mesmerizing music to date. Mixed by John Congleton  (Chelsea Wolfe, Swans, Lana Del Rey) this album is unlike anything the band has ever recorded previously and was motivated by the destruction of previous aesthetic notions, as well as the band’s recent move from Los Angeles to Berlin.

According to Xiu Xiu, “Arp Omni” is “A little sweetie ballad about falling for a person who takes risks in life,” while “Veneficium” is about “Being lost; literally lost, emotionally lost, lost in a smashed psychological dimension beyond your control, being overwhelmed by the weight of one’s insignificance in the face of time, space and death, and pointlessly railing against what does not notice let alone care about you.”

The release of the two songs is accompanied by visuals, including a beautiful visualizer for “Arp Omni directed by Lin You, and a thrilling, visually stunning allegorical video for “Veneficium” directed by Luke Orlando, bookended by cameos from Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart and Angela Seo as “Toast Masters.”

Jamie Stewart shares: “A Veneficium is an instance of being poisoned or the preparation of magic potions or the substances that make up a poison. The point of any involvement with said substances or pursuits is at best meddling with risky and significant transformation and at worst taunting the nefarious, even up to the point of death. Either way, what lies in wait on the path to these in between and far away places from our present world is dangerous and unsettling and unknown. But perhaps also and why not, it could be being turned into a psychedelic BDSM train or the inspiration to benevolent and anonymous used toast and toaster delivery.”

Director Luke Orlando shares: “On the conceptual level, I wanted to make something about the absurdity and complexity of how we connect with each other in the modern world. It started off as a critique of doomscrolling, but Xiu Xiu pushed and enabled me to make it more esoteric and interesting at every turn. Where we ended up is a much more positive spin on finding community by openly sharing your interests with the world. In the end it became a very ideal art project – I found myself working with some of my best friends to hand-paint toast, fabricate a bespoke costume, and create a unique logic inspired by the occult for the world in this video. Videos like this don’t happen often because artists/directors are rarely given the freedom to create without inhibition, and for that I thank Xiu Xiu and everyone at Polyvinyl for letting me go off.”

Xiu Xiu plans to embark on extensive World Tour Dates surrounding the album’s release. Dates listed below.

Xiu Xiu – WORLD TOUR DATES

# w/ EVICSHEN

% Special commission by Seattle Theater Group – dance by Zoe Juniper with live music by Xiu Xiu

09/20 – Reno, NV @ The Holland Project

09/21 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Social Club

09/22 – Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project

09/23 – Portland, OR @ Holocene

09/24 – Arcata, CA @ The Miniplex

09/26 – San Diego, CA @ The Loft at UCSD

09/27 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge

09/28 – Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole

09/30 – Austin, TX @ The Parish

10/02 – Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves

10/03 – New Orleans, LA @ Siberia

10/05 – Orlando, FL @ Conduit

10/06 – Miami, FL @ Gramps

10/07 – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar

10/08 – Savannah, GA @ Lodge Of Sorrows

10/09 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl

10/10 – Durham, NC @ TBA

10/11 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat

10/13 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro

10/14 – Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMoca

10/15 – New York, NY @ LPR

10/16 – Providence, RI @ AS220 Live Arts

10/17 – Portland, ME @ Space Gallery

10/18 – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmont

10/19 – Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground

10/20 – Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups

10/21 – Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village

10/22 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club

10/23 – Des Moines, IA @ xBk

10/24 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck

10/26 – Fort Collins, CO @ The Coast

10/27 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge

10/29 – San Francisco, CA @ Gray Area Foundation for the Arts

10/30 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Lodge Room

11/08 – Groeningen, Netherlands @ Vera

11/09 – Den Bosch, Netherlands @ FAQ Festival

11/10 – Rotterdam, Netherlands @ De Doelen

11/11 – Brussels, Belgium @ La Botanique

11/13 – Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew

11/14 – Brighton, UK @ Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts

11/15 – Stockport, UK @ Saint Mary’s Parish Church

11/16 – Glasgow, UK @ Room 2 Cottiers

11/17 – Oxford, UK @ The Bullingdon

11/19 – London, UK @ Heaven #

11/20 – Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach #

11/22 – Brest, France @ Festival Invisible #

11/23 – Paris, France @ Hasard Ludique #

11/25 – Grenoble, France @ Le Ciel #

11/27 – Nurnberg, Germany @ Soft Spot / Kantine #

11/28 – Prague, Czech Republic @ Meet Factory #

11/29 – Berlin, Germany @ Lido #

11/30 – Poznań, Poland @ Próżność #

05/17 – Seattle WA @ Moore Theatre %

05/18 – Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre %