New Xiu Xiu Video - "Dear God, I Hate Myself" (Stereogum Premiere)

Jamie Stewart's bleak, evocative art-pop's always had an element of catharsis, a figurative purging about it. As of today it also has an element of literal purging about it. Here he is talking about his (great) new album's title track: The title came from a night a literally being on my knees and speaking these words in a prayer to God. It is about the tension between feeling hopeless but also feeling as if spiritual love is possible and there for you if you want it. The drum programming is...

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