PRESSURE!

I knew that there was a Michael Gira cameo on the new Xiu Xiu album, but I had no fucking clue it was a cover of Queen and Bowie's Under Pressure. How genius. Wow. It's a less faithful cover than "Ice Ice Baby", and loads better than the recent My Chemical Romance stab at the song. The build up to the opening "PRESSURE!" is shiver inducing in a whole new way for the Xiu . I haven't gotten all the way through Woman as Lovers yet. All I can say is that if you weren't onboard for Jamie Stewart's twisted masterwork Fabulous Muscles, than it's not likely this one will stop for you.

[Find the track with HypeMachine. I'm so lazy.]