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Pitchfork: 7.6 for Xiu Xiu vs. Grouper's Creepshow
Xiu Xiu vs. Grouper
Creepshow
[Slender Means Society/States Rights; 2006]
Rating: 7.6
by Brandon Stosuy, January 08, 2007
Creepshow, a wisp of a collaboration between Portland phaser Liz Harris (aka Grouper) and Xiu Xiu situates itself at the core of the former's chilly drone and the windiest outskirts of the latter's saddest ballads. The EP's five tracks share similar pacing and a narrowly defined sound; subtly defined gradations emerge across the 20-some minute tapestry, but the participants contentedly explore a limited palette. (Befitting its brevity, the album-- part of Slender Means Society and States Rights Records' Pregnancy Series-- was originally pressed in a limited edition of 700 copies.)
