Hyunhye, or Angela Seo, is known for her work with Xiu Xiu. Today she has shared a video for “Strands II,” of her forthcoming release Strands, available June 11, via Room 40. The track is inspired by Seo’s passion for electronic effects and piano, that results in a warm and touching track, the perfect match for the visual.

Hyunhye Seo on the video for “Strands II”

“The video is an ode to the mundaneness of solitude. Sometimes I catch myself doing some dumb random shit when I’m alone, and I think, god I’m such an idiot. But there’s also a perverse joy in that, in being allowed to be alone and dumb.”

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1. I’m exposed by the hair that falls from me in long, dark and grotesque trails.

2. It’s impossible to pretend I wasn’t where I’ve been. They’re on pillows I shouldn’t have slept on and on chairs when I linger too long. They used to shake out onto dance floors, but I don’t go dancing anymore. Not lately.
They’re reminders of all that I’ve been and shouldn’t have and maybe won’t be again.

3. Sometimes I don’t even notice how they tangle around everything I own. Other times, I’m mortified to
find them spreading under my toes. No matter how I coil them upon my head with the utmost care, they still fall, mocking the restraint I impose, beg for, then abandon.

4. Are they still a part of me if they fall off me? What if I don’t want them anymore? Who cares?! I didn’t
want to grow them anyways!

5. You may not remember me, but you’re sure to find a strand of me long after you’ve forgotten

Hyunhye Seo
Strands
Tracklist
Strands I
Strands II

Recorded by Jamie Stewart at NURSE studio
Produced by Lawrence English

Pre-order Strands HERE