PIXIES
Brand New Studio Album
‘BENEATH THE EYRIE’
Out Now!!
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“Boisterous beats, splendid execution. A very good release” **** 4 Stars – The Music
“Classic Pixies. Fresh and new at the same time.” – Los Angeles Daily News
“Signature punk-infused riffs and iconic grisly lyricism” – Paste
W/C September 16th – Double J Feature Album
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PIXIES, one of the most influential alternative rock bands of all time, have just released their highly anticipated seventh studio album Beneath the Eyrie. Produced by GRAMMY-nominated Tom Dalgety (Ghost, Royal Blood, Pixies’ Head Carrier), the album boasts 12 new songs with tales of witches, Daniel Boone, misfits and other characters fitting utterly into the band’s inherent weirdness. Visceral, musically cinematic, otherworldly but strangely familiar and a bit unsettling – the album was preceded by stand out singles “On Graveyard Hill” and “Catfish Kate”.
Beneath The Eyrie is the band’s first release via new record label, Infectious/BMG, and is available in a wide variety of packages. Those formats include CD, CD Deluxe, Vinyl (Standard) and Vinyl (Coloured). See HERE for more details.
Beneath the Eyrie was written over the course of 2018 and recorded last December at Dreamland Recordings near Woodstock, NY with the current lineup of Black Francis/vocals, guitars; Joey Santiago/guitars; David Lovering/drums, and Paz Lenchantin/bass. While taking a break outside the studio – originally St. John’s Church built in 1896 – Lovering spotted an eagles nest – or “eyrie” – right above the studio in a tree. Hence the album’s title, Beneath the Eyrie.
LISTEN TO “BENEATH THE EYRIE
Pixies will support Beneath the Eyrie with an extensive 2019- 2020 world tour that will see the music pioneers land on our shores this March. Returning for what will be only their fourth visit to Australia, the band will perform at Melbourne’s Palais Theatre on March 9 and 10, then head to Brisbane for shows on March 12 and 13, not-to-be-missed momentous shows under the stars at Sydney Opera House Forecourt on March 14 and 15 before flying west for a final show at Fremantle Arts Centre on March 17. See www.livenation.com.au for full ticketing details.
About the Pixies
While Pixies have been acclaimed as the most influential, pioneering band of the late 80s alt/rock movement, having blazed the trail for artists from Nirvana to Radiohead to Pearl Jam, today, a whole new generation of music fans is discovering the band’s iconic “loudquietloud” signature sound. After five genre-defining studio albums — including the now-Platinum-certified Doolittle — Pixies disbanded in 1993, and then launched their reunion tour in April 2004, playing to sell-out crowds across the globe for 15 years, a far longer period of time than they were a band originally. But writing, recording and releasing new music was something that the band had been wanting to do for a long time, so they secretly booked studio time in Wales for the fall of 2012. Six days into the recording, founding bassist Kim Deal decided to leave the band; Black Francis, Joey Santiago and David Lovering made the decision to carry on, finishing and releasing the band’s first studio album in more than two decades, 2014’s Indie Cindy. Also wanting to play live, the three began working with a number of touring bassists, including former A Perfect Circle bassist, Paz Lenchantin who came out on the road with the band in 2014. The band welcomed her as Pixies’ permanent bassist in 2016.
Also in 2016, Pixies released its second post-reunion studio album, Head Carrier which was also Lenchantin’s recording debut with the band. As the UK’s DIY put it, “They’re back. They’re still brilliant. “God save the Pixies.” December 2018 saw the band holed up at Dreamland Studios near Woodstock, NY with producer Tom Dalgety where they recorded their second album as a unit, “Beneath the Eyrie” out on September 13, 2019.
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