Forget (Xiu Xiu album)

Forget (stylised as FORGET) is the tenth studio album by experimental band Xiu Xiu, released on February 24, 2017.[3] Produced by John Congleton, Greg Saunier, and Angela Seo, it features contributions from Charlemagne Palestine, Kristof Hahn, Vaginal Davis, and Enyce Smith.[3]

Forget
Studio album by Xiu Xiu
Released	February 24, 2017
Studio	Nurse
Genre	Art rock experimental rock[1] art pop[2]
Length	43:57
Label	Polyvinyl
Producer	John Congleton, Greg Saunier, Angela Seo
Xiu Xiu chronology
Plays the Music of Twin Peaks (2016) Forget (2017) Girl with Basket of Fruit (2019)

Background

The album cover bears Arabic calligraphy that translates to "we forget". Xiu Xiu leader Jamie Stewart has stated that the album cover has no meaning besides that "it looks beautiful" and is not meant as a political statement: "in hoping to depoliticize it, I suppose that it becomes political."[4]

The title was further explained by Stewart: “To forget uncontrollably embraces the duality of human frailty. It is a rebirth in blanked out renewal but it also drowns and mutilates our attempt to hold on to what is dear.”[5]

In a press release, the album was marketed as the band's "most direct engagement with pop music"[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100[7]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The A.V. Club	B[8]
Pitchfork	6.4/10[9]
PopMatters	[10]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77% based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7]

Andrew Paschal of PopMatters gave the album 8 stars out of 10, calling it "one of Xiu Xiu's poppiest and most accessible works to date".[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Call"	3:17
2.	"Queen of the Losers"	4:23
3.	"Wondering"	4:12
4.	"Get Up"	5:00
5.	"Hay Choco Bananas"	3:48
6.	"Jenny GoGo"	3:57
7.	"At Last, At Last"	3:12
8.	"Forget"	4:11
9.	"Petite"	4:01
10.	"Faith, Torn Apart"	7:56
Total length:		43:57

Personnel

Xiu Xiu

• Jamie Stewart – vocals, guitar, modular synthesizer, organ, programming
• Angela Seo – synthesizer, organ, percussion

Additional personnel

• Vaginal Davis – vocals
• Kristof Hahn – guitar
• Tanisha Hall – vocals
• Devin Hoff – double bass
• Chiara Lee – vocals
• Charlemagne Palestine – carillon
• Greg Saunier – bass guitar, percussion, guitar, synthesizer, vocals, organ
• Enyce Smith – commentary
• Federico Zanatta – vocals

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[11]	24

References

1. Phares, Heather. "Forget - Xiu Xiu". AllMusic. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
2. "Forget - Xiu Xiu". Rate Your Music. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
3. Slingerland, Calum (November 16, 2016). "Xiu Xiu Return with 'Forget'". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
4. Massaro, Michael (16 March 2017). "Q&A: Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu talks Forget and his songbook". Retrieved 16 March 2020.
5. Minsker, Evan (16 November 2016). "Xiu Xiu Announce New Album FORGET, Share New Track "Wondering": Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
6. Geslani, Michelle (16 November 2016). "Xiu Xiu announce new album, FORGET, share "Wondering" — listen". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
7. "Forget by Xiu Xiu". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
8. Mincher, Chris (February 24, 2017). "On Forget, Xiu Xiu achieves accessibility without much sacrifice". The A.V. Club. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
9. Walls, Seth Colter (March 1, 2017). "Xiu Xiu: FORGET". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
10. Paschal, Andrew (February 21, 2017). "Xiu Xiu: Forget". PopMatters. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
11. "Xiu Xiu - Chart history - Vinyl Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2017.

External links

• Forget at Discogs (list of releases)