During the summer of 2013, Xiu Xiu frontman Jamie Stewart and producer Shahzad Ismaily traveled to Sigur Rós’s personal studio in Iceland. Having access to the space for only one day, Stewart worked on setting down his interpretations of American and Caribbean spirituals using a 1953 Silvertone guitar given to him by his father (producer Michael Stewart), the man who introduced him to religious thought and folk music.

The resulting album, Unclouded Sky, explores themes of death and faith over the course of nine songs originally composed between 1850 and 1920, which are interspersed with field recordings Stewart made in the jungle of Guyana.

• One-time, limited edition pressing on white/silver silver vinyl of this long out of print Xiu Xiu title

• Xiu Xiu’s interpretations of American and Caribbean spirituals

• Recorded at Sigur Rós’s personal studio with producer Shahzad Ismaily

• Previous festival appearances include Treefort, Big Ears, Mission Creek, POP Montreal, LE Guess Who? Special gallery performances at The Guggenheim, The Broad, The Warhol Theater, PhilMOCA, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, and MOCAD

• Featured in publications including Pitchfork, The New Yorker, Stereogum, PopMatters, FLOOD, DIY, Consequence, Paste, Under The Radar, The Needle Drop, Reddit Indieheads (AMA), The Quietus, Talkhouse (in conversation with Sharon Van Etten), and more