Xiu Xiu progenitor Jamie Stewart and Oxbow vocalist Eugene S. Robinson have combined their weird and frightening forces to deliver a new album of collaborative music under the name Sal Mineo. Apparently influenced by the deceased actor of the same name, the duo describes their lovechild as “30 second to 3 minute long focused bursts of sonic crime, that plumbs the cooling depths of a pleasure cruised death.” If you dig or can at least wrap your pretty little head around that, Sal Mineo will be out April 23 on Important Records. Just remember: anything these purveyors of the perverse say is “much more about the accretion of failure, cinematic and otherwise” is going to dish out the auditory rough trade. No need to be embarrassed; we’re into that, too.
Stewart and Robinson have already taken their progeny on tour, playing one show a month throughout Europe.
03.02.13 - Brussels, BE - Les Ateliers Claus
04.02.13 - Paris, FR - La Fleche D’Or
05.02.13 - Copenhagen, DK - Huset KBH
06.02.13 - London, UK - Cafe Oto
07.02.13 - Milan, IT - Magnolia
08.02.13 - Rome, IT - Init
09.02.13 - Bologna, IT - Lokomotiv Club
• Sal Mineo: https://www.facebook.com/MINEOSAL
• Xiu Xiu: http://xiuxiu.org
• Oxbow: http://www.theoxbow.com
• Important Records: http://importantrecords.com