Xiu Xiu shares “ Pahrump,” the latest single from the devastatingly macabre, appropriately cacophonous new album, titled Ignore Grief (Polyvinyl), due for release on March 3, 2023. The current iteration of Xiu Xiu includes existing members Jamie Stewart and Angela Seo, now joined by old friend and new member David Kendrick (Sparks, Devo, Gleaming Spires).

Jamie Stewart shares: “‘Pahrump’ is a dissonant string ensemble piece that features intense,  harmolodic saxophones by thee Patrick Shiroishi. It details the avoidable disaster of someone I love having chosen the sloshing path of cocaine and booze over her children, who I also love. She lives and will likely soon die in the nightmare town of Pahrump, Nevada.”

The release of “Pahrump” is accompanied by a neon-noir video directed by the band’s Angela Seo, which perfectly captures the dread and chaos that ensues from futile attempts to escape feelings of shame and the consequences of abandonment. Seo shares: “ I’ve been watching a lot of old westerns and ghost films. In both, there is often an overarching sense of regret, revenge, a reckoning yet to come. You can’t ever simply run away.”

The band plans to tour the U.S. following the release of Ignore Grief in the Spring, followed by newly confirmed dates overseas. SEE ALL DATES BELOW. The start of the lengthy tour will coincide with the release of a book that Jamie Stewart penned, called Anything That Moves , available April 4th via And Other Stories .

Xiu Xiu – Spring 2023 U.S. Tour Dates

04/02 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar

04/03 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar

04/04 – Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole

04/05 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar

04/06 – Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves

04/07 – Austin, TX @ Elysium

04/09 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa

04/10 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea’s Live

04/12 – Memphis, TN @ Greenroom – Crosstown Arts

04/13 – Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room – Third Man Records

04/14 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl

04/15 – Savannah, GA @ Lodge Of Sorrows

04/16 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall

04/18 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat

04/19 – New York, NY @ LPR

04/20 – Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA

04/21 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery

04/22 – Harrisburg, PA @ Stage on Herr

04/23 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom

04/25 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle

04/26 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club

04/27 – Rock Island, IL @ Rozz Tozz

04/28 – Iowa City, IA @ Trumpet Blossom

04/29 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck

04/30 – Denver, CO @ HQ

05/01 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge

05/03 – Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project

05/04 – Portland, OR @ Holocene

05/05 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel

05/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon

05/16 – Prague, Czechia @ Underdogs

05/18 – Zagreb, Croatia @ Vintage Club

05/17 – Budapest, Hungary @ Durer Kert

05/19 – Krakow, Poland @ Klub RE

05/20 – Warsaw, Poland @ Hydro

05/21 – Gdansk, Poland @ Drizzly Grizzly

05/22 – Berlin, Germany @ Silent Green ( Kuppelhalle )

05/23 – Leipzig, Germany @ UT Connewitz

05/24 – Frankfurt, Germany @ Tanzhaus West

05/25 – Erfurt, Germany @ Frau Korte

05/26 – Nuremberg, Germany @ Kantine

05/27 – Eberswalde, Germany @ Collective Salo Festival

05/28 – Bielefeld, Germany @ Nr. z.P

05/31 – Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique

06/01 – Lille, France @ Bulle Café

06/02 – Paris, France @ Petit Bain

06/03 – Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew

06/04 – Edinburgh, UK @ Sneaky Pete’s

06/05 – Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast

06/06 – Manchester, UK @ White Hotel

06/07 – London, UK @ EartH Hackney

06/08 – Brighton, UK @ Green Store Door

06/11 – Tashkent, Uzbekistan @ VN Bar

06/14 – Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan @ Bar 56

06/15 – Almaty, Kazakhstan @ Anklav

06/17 – Tbilisi, Georgia @ Khidi

06/18 – Poligraf , Armenia @ Yerevan