I've been listening to Xiu Xiu - pronounced 'shoo shoo' - on and off since high school but i've never really taken the time to delve into their entire back catalogue of work.
Why?
Because i get easily distracted by the daunting amount of music out there and can't stay put with a band for more than a few days.
Sometimes only a few hours.
This habit aggrieves me because i tend to forget bands i've listened to.
I suppose if i've forgotten, then their music didn't have a significant impact on me but i'm greedy.
I want to retain it all.
Become encyclopaedic.
It gives me a lame amount of pleasure to be able to inform others of bands they may like and know what's playing in a movie or over an advert.
It makes me feel as if i actually know something.
But i can't keep it all inside my ill-equipped brain.
I'm too messy and scattered.
Somewhat like a puppy.
I need constant stimuli and without an eidetic memory, i lose things.
(i do however retain the most useless knowledge...why, brain? why?)
I'm constantly in awe of my Dad who almost always knows who's playing.
It's uncanny.
We share an obsession for music but he's got the brains for it.
I do not.
Xiu Xiu, however, are a band that have stuck with me - Fast Car was the first song i heard, it kind of bewitched me - and slowly but surely i'm going to devour everything they've got to offer.
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