In Anything That Moves, Jamie Stewart divulges everything from being caught having their first orgasm by their mum’s best friend, to being stalked and propositioned by a fundamentalist pastor. And that’s just the beginning! It continues with soliciting spanking dates over the Internet, and scoring a coveted invitation to a threesome with some elf fetishist neighbours. Stewart’s journey of fleshy self-discovery and queer awakening makes for an extraordinary tale that’s burning with radical and often shocking self-criticism.

A one-of-a-kind exploration of abasement, depravity, joy, and embarrassment (and even joy in embarrassment), Anything That Moves is a series of comic, tragic X-rays of sex. It is funny, erotic, anti-erotic, honest, brave, icky, and hauntingly sad by turns. It also demonstrates  how love and forgiveness can percolate around the edges of even the most traumatic relationships.

Stewart’s band Xiu Xiu has been called ‘self-flagellating’, ‘brutal’, ‘shocking’ and ‘perverse’, but also ‘genius’, ‘brilliant’, ‘unique’, ‘imaginative’ and ‘luminous’. Readers can expect nothing less from Anything That Moves.

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Jamie Stewart is best-known as the singer and composer of the avant-pop group Xiu Xiu. Founded in 2002, the band has released 15 full-length albums to date. Stewart has also collaborated on several large-scale projects and concerts with the artist Danh Vo at the Guggenheim, Walker Museum, and at the Kitchen; and with the blessing and support of David Lynch, the band was commissioned by the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane to reinterpret the music of his landmark work Twin Peaks.

You can read Jamie Stewart’s interview with Fifteen Questions here.

Jamie Stewart talks to The Quietus about their favourite music here.

Forbes spoke to Jamie Stewart about the inspiration behind Anything That Moves – you can read the interview here.

You can read The Wire’s interview with Xiu Xiu about their latest album here.

Find out more about Xiu Xiu on their website, here.

About the Author

Bryen Dunn is a freelance journalist based in Toronto with a focus on tourism, lifestyle, entertainment and community issues. He has written several travel articles and has an extensive portfolio of celebrity interviews with musicians, actors and other public personalities. He’s willing to take on any assignments of interest, attend parties with free booze, listen to rants, and travel the world in search of the great unknown. He’s eager to discover the new, remember the past, and look into the future.