"The Los Angeles-based experimental pop band Xiu Xiu are the most famous interpreters of David Lynch 's soundtracks and soundscapes. So, to meet founding member Jamie Stewart in the backroom of Stockholm's music venue Slakthusen, or slaughterhouse, on a twilit winter afternoon feels appropriate. A loud, ambient hum throughout our interview renders it almost spiritual. The band is midway through a European tour of their new show., Eraserhead Xiu Xiu, a reinterpretation of Lynch's 1977 debut feature."
""The word fandom sometimes seems a little bit diminishing," they continued, "but I think because - and this is gonna make me sound very cheesy, but I'm sure you feel the same way - art is deeply impactful and important to my existence, and I am regularly profoundly moved by it. Getting to explore that is not something we take lightly. This kind of participatory fandom is something we put everything we have into.""
Xiu Xiu, a Los Angeles-based experimental pop band, are known for interpreting David Lynch's soundtracks and soundscapes. Jamie Stewart is a founding member who uses they/them pronouns and is described fondly by mutual friends. The band toured Europe with Eraserhead Xiu Xiu, a reinterpretation of Lynch's 1977 debut, following their Xiu Xiu Plays the Music of Twin Peaks. The Twin Peaks show began as a one-off commission in Brisbane and extended into a three-year tour after the series returned. After Lynch died, audiences asked for a revival, but the band declined, viewing a revival as disingenuous. Stewart frames fandom as deeply impactful and treats participatory fandom with full commitment.
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