Xiu Xiu has a new video for his track “Get Up“, directed by Marty Marquez. The song is the third single from his upcoming LP FORGET, due out February 24th via Polyvinyl. Jamie Stewart’s bombastic style is a bit more restrained here, but he still finds a way to upend a pop song through his subversive approach. The album was produced by Xiu Xiu’s long time working mate John Congleton (Sleater-Kinney, Sigur Ros), and discussing the track with FADER today, he said:
“While mixing this song I always had to hold back the tears every time we got to the section where Jamie says two times, ‘You’re the only reason I was born.’ Jamie always has a way of saying something so succinct in a way that is soul crushing.”
The video stars Noemi Gonzalez and she strikes a rebel pose with molotov cocktail in some Los Angeles wasteland, before hitchhiking into the city with co-star Nicholas Marquez. In talking about the video shoot, director Marty Marquez explains:
“‘Get Up’ was pulled together by my somehow convincing a bunch of people to bring their expertise, their thousands of dollars worth of equipment and blindly (stupidly?) trusting me with it. Shot outside of LA in a not-to-be-named industrial area, what you see is the product of a guerilla production at its finest; no permits, no permission, leaping fires, basically, everything you’re NOT supposed to do when trying to fly under the radar. But, nobody, not even passing cops, gave us a second glance, even though a crew of 10 was following our beautiful actress around with a ridiculous amount of equipment on private property. Amazingly there were no injuries, no street hassles and we got what we needed.”
Watch Xiu Xiu’s Video “Get Up”
