Pixies have announced that their seventh studio album is due for release in September. Its creation will be chronicled in a new podcast series hosted by distinguished music journalist Tony Fletcher titled Past Is Prologue. Produced by Signal Co. No1, the podcast will be a weekly 12-part documentary that will start airing in June and end around the time of the album's release. A trailer has been shared that dramatically mythologizes the legendary rock band. “Through daily conversations and a forensic examination of their past, Tony discovers their creative ambition and drive remain as relevant – and weird – as ever,” reads the YouTube description.
Pixies’ latest album was 2016’s Head Carrier, the first record in which bassist Kim Deal is replaced by Paz Lenchantin. The lineup for the upcoming album will remain the same, with Lenchantin joining Joey Santiago, Black Francis, and David Lovering. The as-yet-untitled record was written throughout 2018 and recorded in December at Dreamland Recordings outside of Woodstock, NY.
Watch the Past Is Prologue trailer as well as Pixies’ 2014 KEXP in-studio performance below.
Pixies had little to say, but lots to play at the Paramount Theatre on Sunday, December 3. The alt-rock pioneers, who formed in Boston in 1986, blazed through a 33 song set in just over an hour and a half, speaking a grand total of two words to the crowd between songs. Fans didn’t seem to care abou…
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Here Comes Your Man: when Joey Santiago, guitarist for Pixies, answers the phone, he is immediately warm and friendly. Where is My Mind? Well, in utter disbelief that I'm getting to chat with the guitarist for one of the most influential bands of my time.
