The band's fourth album and first release on Constellation, Villainaire is a post-punk and avant-pop work driven by the dark lyricism and polyrhythmic compositions of THE DEAD SCIENCE, a project featuring members of XIU XIU and jazz/punk performers DEGENERATE ART ENSEMBLE. On this album, which will delight fans of SHUDDER TO THINK, DEERHOOF, CELEBRATION, SCOTT WALKER, or BLONDE REDHEAD, the band has orchestrated 11 epic pop tracks, taking the form of weary ballads carried by singer SAM MICKENS' vibrato voice.