Xiu Xiu Sets Winter Dates, Tallys Your Bananas

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If you want a quick fix for flagging energy levels, there's no better snack than a banana. Containing three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose, and glucose - combined with fiber; a banana gives an instant, sustained, and substantial boost of energy. Research has proved that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute jam session. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading musicians (Wolf Eyes probably likes bananas).

But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to your daily diet of fun size Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and beer.

Xiu Xiu is a banana. Together with the Dead Science, they make two bananas. That means if you check out one of the shows from their upcoming tour, you can sing "A beautiful bunch o' ripe banana/ Daylight come and me wanna go home/ Lift six hand, seven hand, eight hand bunch/ Daylight come and me wanna go home/ Come mister tallyman, tally me banana/ Daylight come and me wanna go home" to the cute merch people and still have energy leftover to boink said merch people!

So you see, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. In fact, bananas have an exciting nutritional story. They are a good source of fiber, vitamin C, and potassium. One banana has 16% of the fiber, 15% of the vitamin C, and 11% of the potassium we need every day for good health! When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals.

Moral of the story? Apples suck.

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