Always

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Always is the eighth studio album by Xiu Xiu, released on February 28, 2012. Always saw the return of Devin Hoff to Xiu Xiu's lineup. The album was produced by Deerhoof's Greg Saunier and mixed by John Congleton. The songs "Beauty Towne" and "Black Drum Machine" revisited subjects from earlier Xiu Xiu song. "Beauty Towne" revisited the subjects of "Clowne Towne," while "Black Drum Machine" finished the narrative to "Black Keyboard. "Joey's Song" was dedicated to Jamie Stewart's brother, while "Gul Mudin" was dedicated to the title person. "The Oldness" and "Chimneys Afire" were written by a band member Stewart fired, with the latter song about the author's attempted suicide during Xiu Xiu's tour. "Hi" is "about trying to find beauty and company in the realization that life, for the most part in incredibly difficult and that pretending otherwise only adds disappointment to hardship," while "Born to Suffer" is "about the potential for relief in ending one's own life, even just the thought of it, being mortified by life and about the earthquake in Haiti. .

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