Angel Guts: Red Classroom is the beginning of Xiu Xiu's descent from grayness into the deepest blackness endurable. It is the sound of Xiu Xiu's death. - - Working with only analog synths- drum set and 1970's analog drum machines Xiu Xiu has never before sounded so focused so captivating so intent on delivering a kick to the throat. - - Unbearably dark yet incredibly illuminating on the John Congleton-produced Angel Guts: Red Classroom Xiu Xiu continues to forge (and at times risk) its reputation as avant-garde pioneers. It is the work of a band unraveling to its core and exposing the boldness within. - - Xiu Xiu may be dead but its will is more alive than ever. - - 1. Angel Guts: (3:28) - 2. Archie's Fades (4:45) - 3. Stupid in the Dark (3:50) - 4. Lawrence Liquors (3:59) - 5. Black Dick (4:43) - 6. New Life Immigration (3:47) - 7. EL Naco (3:13) - 8. Adult Friends (2:23) - 9. The Silver Platter (4:39) - 10. Bitter Melon (3:55) - 11. A Knife in the Sun (3:55) - 12. Cinthya's Unisex (4:22) - 13. Botanica de Los Angeles (3:5) - 14. :Red Classroom (2:27)