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Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla
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Live in Pictures: Xiu Xiu [Eraserhead] + Burn Into Sleep at Gorilla, Manchester

Experimental outfit Xiu Xiu brought their latest live show to Manchester’s Gorilla on the 2nd of February, in the fittingly industrial setting of a railway arch. After the previous success of their Twin Peaks tour, and just over a year since the passing of David Lynch, the band presented their audio-visual ode to his nightmarish 1977 masterpiece Eraserhead. A plethora of weird and wonderful instruments and devices saw use in the set, culminating with the smashing of glass in a dustbin. A night as discomforting and obliquely humorous as you’d expect.

Opening for the evening was Manchester-based project Burn Into Sleep, mesmerising the audience with a dark and compelling soundscape, accompanied by hypnotically delivered spoken-word.

Photographer Mat Coffey (AKA Der Fotoautomat) was present to witness and document the monochromatic fever dream.

Xiu Xiu: Website / Facebook / Instagram

  • Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Xiu Xiu performing at Manchester's Gorilla

Burn Into Sleep: Website / Facebook / Instagram

  • Photograph of Burn Into Sleep performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Burn Into Sleep performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Burn Into Sleep performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Burn Into Sleep performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Burn Into Sleep performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Burn Into Sleep performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Burn Into Sleep performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Burn Into Sleep performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Burn Into Sleep performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Burn Into Sleep performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Burn Into Sleep performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Burn Into Sleep performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Burn Into Sleep performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Burn Into Sleep performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Burn Into Sleep performing at Manchester's Gorilla
  • Photograph of Burn Into Sleep performing at Manchester's Gorilla

Photography by Mat Coffey AKA Der Fotoautomat: Website / Instagram

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