Xiu Xiu announce ‘Eraserhead Xiu Xiu’
Xiu Xiu by Joe Stewart
Today Xiu Xiu announces plans to release ERASERHEAD XIU XIU, an exploration of the sonic and visual universe that is Eraserhead, David Lynch’s groundbreaking 1977 cinematic masterpiece, due out July 10, 2026 in Polyvinyl. The announcement is accompanied by the release of a single for “In Heaven” the beloved song with music originally written by Peter Ivers, with lyrics by Lynch, heavily featured in the film. The “In Heaven” single comes with an appropriately beautiful and evocative video collage.
Listen to “In Heaven” here | Watch the video here
Xiu Xiu Tour Dates
21/06 - Hobart, Tasmania @ Dark Mofo * [SOLD OUT]
02/10 - Los Angeles, CA @ 2220 Arts + Archives *
03/10 - Los Angeles, CA @ 2220 Arts + Archives *
01/10 - 11/10 - Vancouver, BC @ Vancouver International Film Festival
08/10 - San Francisco, CA @ Gray Area *
* Eraserhead performance
In 2016, with the blessing of David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti, Xiu Xiu released and toured the surprisingly successful album and concert, Plays the Music of Twin Peaks. Out of respect and deference to the beloved series, the band decided to put the concert to rest in 2018. After the recent and untimely passing of David Lynch, Xiu Xiu began to receive several high-profile requests to revive their interpretation of this iconic music. However, in wanting to always try to follow, honor, and continue to be inspired by the incredibly high bar of artistic challenge set by David Lynch, Xiu Xiu is instead going deeper.
Eraserhead Xiu Xiu is a new live concert with accompanying film & full-length album that uses field recordings, concert specific homemade instruments, organ, modular synths, vocals, flashlights, electrical interference, and elements of musique concrete to express the bizarre emotionality, conflicted sexuality, relentless darkness, and singularly unsettled moonscape of this most incredible of midnight masterpieces. The album itself is a masterpiece in sound collage and experimentation, with tracks like “Tetra” and “Sleep Synth” shifting from minimal auditory sensations to a clobbering, grotesque cacophony. The album’s closing track, “In Heaven,” is a beautiful rendition of Peter Ivers’ original composition, with Stewart’s delicate and soft vocals showcasing the elegance and wonder found on Lynch’s directorial debut.
Eraserhead’s original sound design and score by Alan Splet and Lynch guide Xiu Xiu’s expanded interpretation, reflecting their influence as fans and musicians. The original film gives birth to Xiu Xiu's visual lens through which to be baffled and pummeled by the band's imaginary unused auxiliary footage.
Is it a short-term art installation, an exploded tribute to a cinematic triumph, epitaph to an idol, via an entirely new work? YES. Is it intense, odd, curious, and shrouded in the gloomiest of nights? OF COURSE. After all, it is Eraserhead.
Pre-Order/Save Eraserhead Xiu Xiu out July 10th, on Polyvinyl here
Tracklist
1.Viento
2.Sleep Synth
3.Tetra
4.Steampipe
5.Smashy Smashy
6.Ether
7.In Heaven
Music played and recorded by Angela Seo and Jamie Stewart at Krankenschwester, Berlin
Mastered by Alan Douches at West Westside Music, New Windsor, NY
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