Plays the Music of Twin Peaks
by Xiu Xiu
- Type: Album
- Released: 16 April 2016
- Label: Polyvinyl, Bella Union, Polyvinyl Record Company
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:08:29
- Community rating: 3.75/5 from 16 ratings
Artists on this release: Jamie Stewart, Angela Seo, Shayna Dunkelman
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Originally commissioned for a David Lynch art exhibition, 'Plays the Music of Twin Peaks' is Xiu Xiu's interpretation of Angelo Badalamenti's iconic television soundtrack. The album channels the source material through the band's experimental vocabulary, blending industrial noise, harsh synthesizers, and Jamie Stewart's volatile vocals with the original's familiar jazz and dream-pop motifs. Produced by Jherek Bischoff and mixed by Greg Saunier, the recording translates the show's unsettling atmosphere by accentuating its latent violence and surrealism, while retaining the fragile beauty of compositions like 'Laura Palmer's Theme'.
Genres
Descriptors: cover, soundtrack, experimental, avant-garde, ambient
Tracklist
- Laura Palmer's Theme (05:03)
- Into the Night (05:12)
- Audrey's Dance (04:26)
- Packard's Vibration (03:48)
- Nightsea Wind (07:06)
- Blue Frank / Pink Room (05:51)
- Sycamore Tree (06:47)
- Harold's Theme (03:56)
- Dance of the Dream Man (05:10)
- Falling (06:56)
- Love Theme Farewell (06:24)
- Josie's Past (07:50)
Credits
- Jamie Stewart - vocals, guitar, synthesizers, noises, drum machine, production, Drum Machine, Synthesizer, Other S Instrument, Guitar, Vocal
- Angela Seo - piano, synthesizers, cymbals, production, Synthesizer, Piano, Cymbal
- Shayna Dunkelman - vibraphone, percussion, drums, synthesizers, production, spoken word (on "josie's past"), Percussion, Drums (drum Set), Synthesizer, Vibraphone
- Jherek Bischoff - production, bass guitar, double bass, Bass Guitar, Double Bass, Producer
- Greg Saunier - mixing, Mix
- Alan Douches - Mastering
- Xiu Xiu - Producer