Xiu Xiu Cover Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me’s “A Real Indication”: Listen

Xiu Xiu have shared a cover of Angelo Badalamenti’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me track “A Real Indication.” The new cover celebrates the fifth anniversary of the band’s Plays the Music of Twin Peaks. Check out Xiu Xiu’s new song below.

Xiu Xiu recorded “A Real Indication” during the Plays the Music of Twin Peaks sessions. The track features contributions from drummer David Kendrick and double bassist Jherek Bischoff, the original producer of Plays the Music of Twin Peaks.

“Until Angela [Seo] and I read an interview with David Lynch wherein he described his doubt that Angelo Badalamenti would be able to do the vocals on ‘A Real Indication,’ but then was left laughing on the floor in delight at what an amazing job he did, we were confused by the song,” Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart said in a press release. He continued:

We always loved it but thought it was a song from outside the Twin Peaks universe; a song by other artists that they used on the soundtrack. When we read this interview and realized how deeply it in fact was in the universe AND had Angelo Badalamenti singing, we regretted not including it on Plays the Music of Twin Peaks. When Polyvinyl approached us about an anniversary release, the opportunity to do it as a bonus track thankfully gave us a chance to redeem ourselves.

It is funny how lucky we were to have released Plays the Music of Twin Peaks when we did. The third season was announced while we were in Australia preparing for the first concert of the soundtrack we would ever play. It was fully back in the zeitgeist at the exact time we were working on it. The White Lodge had given us a little kiss. It was amazing to have been able to inhabit that monumentally inspiring world for a couple of years. As crazed and devoted fans, who could have asked for more? In the meantime we have watched Season 3 over and over and our love for this epic has only grown. It is irresistible although more than a little on the nose to say this of the reissue but, we are so excited that It Is Happening Again.

Revisit Pitchfork’s 2017 interview “David Lynch on Bowie and the Music that Inspired the New Twin Peaks” on the Pitch.