20,000 Deaths for Eidelyn Gonzales, 20,000 Deaths for Jamie Peterson

20,000 Deaths for Eidelyn Gonzales, 20,000 Deaths for Jamie Peterson

Xiu Xiu

The fourth track from Xiu Xiu’s 2003 album A Promise features the names of two people from Jamie’s real life. Jamie stated that

This song isn’t really about either of those people. A lot of Xiu Xiu titles don’t necessarily refer to the subject matter of the song. Eidelyn Gonzales was someone who I, for lack of a better description, had a fuck-buddy relationship with, who I treated very, very, very badly, and in no uncertain terms took pretty horrible advantage of her, I think for a couple of years. Jamie Peterson was a percussionist I liked a lot but anyone barely knew.