{"id":2430892,"date":"2026-05-25T03:04:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2430892"},"modified":"2026-05-25T03:04:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:04:50","slug":"xiu-xiu-announce-new-david-lynch-inspired-album-eraserhead-xiu-xiu-with-eerie-cover-of-in-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/xiu-xiu-announce-new-david-lynch-inspired-album-eraserhead-xiu-xiu-with-eerie-cover-of-in-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"Xiu Xiu announce new David Lynch-inspired album &#8216;Eraserhead Xiu Xiu&#8217; with eerie cover of &#8216;In Heaven&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/xiu-xiu\">Xiu\u00a0Xiu<\/a>\u00a0have announced their new\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/david-lynch\">David Lynch<\/a>-inspired album \u2018Eraserhead Xiu Xiu\u2019 with an eerie cover of \u2018In Dreams\u2019 \u2013 listen below.<\/p>\n<p>It is only four months since the San Jose experimental band released their last studio record, \u2018Xiu Mutha Fuckin\u2019 Xiu: Vol. 1\u2019, a collection of covers originally released through their Bandcamp subscription page in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Now, they have announced a full-length release dedicated to exploring the \u201csonic and visual universe\u201d of Lynch\u2019s cult debut feature film <i>Eraserhead\u00a0<\/i>from 1977.\u00a0The seven-track album was recorded in Berlin and will be released on July 10 via\u00a0Polyvinyl\u00a0and you can pre-order it\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/xiuxiu.ffm.to\/eraserhead-xiu-xiu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In Heaven (Lady\u00a0In\u00a0The\u00a0Radiator Song)\u2019 features prominently in\u00a0<i>Eraserhead<\/i>, with music by Peter Ivers and lyrics by Lynch himself. In Xiu Xiu\u2019s hands, it is a sparsely haunted piece, with whispery theatrical vocals reminiscent of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/scott-walker\">Scott Walker<\/a> and the echo of a solitary, ringing bell, before the track descends into a smashed jumble of field recordings.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Xiu Xiu - In Heaven [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qzrRc5vno34?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Xiu\u00a0Xiu\u00a0released an album inspired by Lynch\u2019s\u00a0<i>Twin Peaks\u00a0<\/i>in 2016, with the director\u2019s blessing,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/david-lynch-dies-aged-78-3829681\">and following his death early last year<\/a>, the band decided to\u00a0return to his oeuvre for inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Eraserhead Xiu\u00a0Xiu\u2019 makes use of electrical interference, homemade instruments, found sounds, modular\u00a0synths\u00a0and flashlights to conjure some of the eerie majesty of the original film.<\/p>\n<p>The group will\u00a0also\u00a0be\u00a0playing\u00a0the record\u00a0as a live show for a run of dates in\u00a0California\u00a0this year, with two dates at Los Angeles\u2019 2220 Arts + Archives on October 2 and 3 and San Francisco\u2019s Gray Area on October 8. Find tickets\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xiuxiu.org\/tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/listen-to-fontaines-d-c-s-deluxe-reissue-of-romance-with-dreamy-new-song-before-you-i-just-forget-and-david-lynch-inspired-spin-on-starburster-3855319\">Fontaines D.C. also incorporated \u2018In Heaven\u2019 into a live version of \u2018Starburster\u2019 that they released as part of the deluxe edition\u00a0of \u2018Romance\u2019<\/a>\u00a0last\u00a0year.<\/p>\n<p>In July last year, meanwhile,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/xiu-xiu-to-remove-music-from-spotify-due-to-ceo-daniel-eks-investment-in-ai-war-drones-3880645\">Xiu\u00a0Xiu\u00a0announced that they were\u00a0in the process of removing their music from Spotify<\/a>\u00a0over its then-CEO Daniel\u00a0Ek\u2019s \u201dinvestment\u00a0in AI war drones\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xiu\u00a0Xiu\u00a0have announced their new\u00a0David Lynch-inspired album \u2018Eraserhead Xiu Xiu\u2019 with an eerie cover of \u2018In Dreams\u2019 \u2013 listen below. It is only four months since the San Jose experimental band released their last studio record, \u2018Xiu Mutha Fuckin\u2019 Xiu: Vol. 1\u2019, a collection of covers originally released through their Bandcamp subscription page in 2020. 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