[Cover photo credit to Xiu Xiu]

Xiu Xiu has announced plans to release a wide-ranging collection of a series of covers that have previously only been available through subscription, titled Xiu Mutha Fuckin’ Xiu: Vol. 1, arriving January 16, 2026 on Polyvinyl. They have also released Xiu Xiu’s cover of “Cherry Bomb” originally by The Runaways, with the b-side “Some Things Last a Long Time”, originally by Daniel Johnston.

Jamie Stewart shares:

We have a long history of doing covers and have done 3 albums of covers. The enduring and basic throughline with all of them is an attempt to say thank you to those songs. They are all in one way or another pieces of music that have moved us and exploring them in a deep way is a small honorific offering to the muse that created them. We never approach them thinking ‘How can we improve these’ but really “What can we learn from these?’

With regard to the covers of The Runaways and Daniel Johnston, they add:

Unexpectedly I (forgive this melodramatic admission) cried while singing the Daniel Johnston song. If there ever were a sincere and wounded voice in the world it is his. I love Joan Jett and I love being bad and this song is all about both.

For Xiu Mutha Fuckin’ Xiu: Vol. 1, Jamie Stewart, Angela Seo and David Kendrick “warp and distort” classics songs spanning decades and genres, from 1950s Rock n’ Roll to New Wave.

Xiu Xiu – 2026 Live Dates

* ERASERHEAD performances

01/16 – Miami, FL @ No Hay Banda – The Ground *

01/18 – Tampa, FL @ Sun Ray Cinema *

01/31 – Brighton, UK @ Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts *

02/01 – Liverpool, England @ Quarry *

02/02 – Manchester, England @ Gorilla *

02/04 – Glasgow, Scotland @ Cottiers *

02/06 – London, England @ ICA *

02/07 – London, England @ ICA *

02/09 – Paris, France @ La Marbrerie *

04/02 – Athens, Greece @ Danaos Cinema *

04/09-12 – The Hague, Netherlands @ Rewire Festival *