[Xiu Xiu have a taste for discord atonal arrangements filled with foghorns, tape hisses, and violent beats and topped off by Stewarts whispery vocals and the melodrama of his confessional lyrics. The latter have inspired open-mouthed fandom from sensitive scenesters who find solace in his pain, and attacks from critics as being cloying and histrionic.] People have thrown lit cigarettes at me and audiences have yelled all kinds of nasty shit, ... Then there are also people who drive 800 miles to come see us play and ask if they can come sit in our van for three days because they dont have a bus ride home. Michael Stewart