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| billgoodman |
Posted - 10/09/2024 : 22:49:30
Yes, sooner or later we'll have a topic on it anyway
- During a BBC interview FB mentions a new recording session in Londen in the fall.
- On October 7th Pixies share a rehearsal of Motoroller for Later With Jools Holland. Meaning that they are in the UK this month. Zombies-tour will not start for a month
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| billgoodman |
Posted - 10/28/2026 : 01:37:39
This was last summer, Joey:
Asked for an update on new music in the new NME interview, the guitarist revealed: “We’re always in the works. Same formula. We have a break coming up in October and we’re gonna get together and piece more songs together.”
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| billgoodman |
Posted - 10/28/2026 : 01:35:57
Women of War is the only self produced song, that I'm aware of
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| auxfnx |
Posted - 10/27/2026 : 17:41:11
if they really are producing something themselves this would be the first time right? at least in the case that it ends up being released as an album? |
| Troubles A Foot |
Posted - 10/27/2026 : 16:26:02
As someone who has been debating with himself about putting out a massive 30 song album or cutting it down to like the 12 best songs, I REALLY HOPE THEY JUST PUT OUT A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF STUFF without Dalgety chopping off a bunch. |
| Stevio10 |
Posted - 10/27/2026 : 12:03:55
Was this discussed at the recent New Yorker Festival?
Interesting if the reason for getting the Catholics / solo recording equipment out of storage and set up is to record new Pixies album. I like that idea - pixies live to 2 track would be a welcome change.
Of course don't want to jump to conclusions about that possibility, however it feels like a positive move they're producing it themselves if that's confirmed. |
| Bedbug |
Posted - 10/27/2026 : 07:48:42
Cult of Ray vibes??? |
| auxfnx |
Posted - 10/27/2026 : 04:32:42
quote:
Originally posted by Ziggy
Seems the band have confirmed they've been recording for the last month and producing it themselves!
oh yeah? tell me more? |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 10/27/2026 : 01:43:27
Seems the band have confirmed they've been recording for the last month and producing it themselves! |
| Skatealex1 |
Posted - 06/22/2026 : 09:41:03
Thought that would be a new Pixies album with him. Guess it can give more possibility to some kind of FB solo or Catholics album still. |
| oddball |
Posted - 06/18/2026 : 22:18:09
Looks like Tom Dalgety is at Dreamland Studios at the moment, based on his instagram page.
-oddball
Nevermind, he's recording there with a different band apparently. |
| Bedbug |
Posted - 05/29/2026 : 14:22:42
Did someone say Tranquilize Me is Death Horizon? |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 05/28/2026 : 23:07:55
Yeah, dying to hear those
Bogman is Long Rider btw
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| Jamie |
Posted - 05/28/2026 : 20:03:38
Wasn't the story about Charles throwing his lyric book on the roof that he had like 40 songs and Tom Dalgety wanted to work on a bunch of half-finished stuff? It might not have been 40, but that's the number I remember.
I searched to try and find how many songs we know about that aren't released. I came up with:
Alice Prin
American Rhyme
Banks Of The Drain
Bogman
Down In Toulon
I Like To Drive
Pickerel Picker
Rats Alive
Screw Pine
Super Lecker
Tranquilize Me
Then if you don't count that Halloween EP as an official release, O Little Cloud and Last Night The Wolves Came out. Plus maybe Una and Land of Green, but those are probably alternate titles for Oona and Another Toe. Then of course these 8 new songs from Instagram.
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| Bedbug |
Posted - 05/27/2026 : 16:34:08
Does that not include those Happy Halloween Black Francis tracks which are "more than 10 years old"? |
| Sprite |
Posted - 05/27/2026 : 12:33:58
On the way home from work today all I could focus on was the one word...'lots'. Would love to know how many! |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 05/27/2026 : 11:12:21
I kind of hope they do
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| Troubles A Foot |
Posted - 05/27/2026 : 09:08:54
I saw that too on Instagram. Hmm. Hmm. HMM.
Here's a thought: I wonder if any of the Beneath the Eyrie bonus disc demos would be revisited, or do they consider those done and done? |
| Sprite |
Posted - 05/27/2026 : 00:21:38
Just adding this to the jigsaw (from the recent Esquire interview)
Any conscious citizen of the world who consumes meaningful works of art should abide by their duty of asking the obvious question: What are we working on, and what should we be hedging our bets on creatively?
"Everything. We have lots of songs that are unreleased and others that are in different stages (of completion)," Francis said. "Some of them go back more than 10 years."
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| Ziggy |
Posted - 05/21/2026 : 06:09:06
They've got a few weeks in between the Ireland shows at the start of June and the rest of the UK/Euro shows at the end of the month. I wonder if that'll lead to anything. |
| natenate101 |
Posted - 05/19/2026 : 09:54:15
Charles has been posting some acoustic stuff from hotel rooms the last few days. Sounds like new songs he is working on. Interesting. |
| Discoking |
Posted - 03/31/2026 : 04:09:56
managers?
 it's educational |
| oddball |
Posted - 03/30/2026 : 08:46:01
All of the activity on the Black Francis instagram page a month ago had me excited that something was coming soon. With whatever might have been recorded, the scrapped Pixies sessions a couple of years ago, the Super Lecker sessions which may have been scrapped as well, I would imagine there is indeed a treasure trove in place. I wonder if this scrapping of material was also happening before social media enabled us to be more aware of it. With Oddballs, Abbabubba, Christmass, it seemed like whatver was recorded ultimatley saw the light of day in some capacity. Why can't that approach co-exist with Pixies releases? |
| Troubles A Foot |
Posted - 03/28/2026 : 20:50:51
quote:
Originally posted by Brank_Flack
I wish some of the energy that went into relentless touring went into recording instead. Or at the very least, that Charles would release from his treasure trove of demoes and outtakes from the last 13 years or so. We were so spoiled before then... Charles' prolificacy was a big part of the fun of being a fan back in the day.
Not only that, but at least for some of us, when you wait years for an album, and then you don't even like it. |
| Brank_Flack |
Posted - 03/28/2026 : 15:11:59
Remember when it briefly seemed we'd be getting an album just a year apart from Zombies? I wonder if there's even one coming this fall. I wish some of the energy that went into relentless touring went into recording instead. Or at the very least, that Charles would release from his treasure trove of demoes and outtakes from the last 13 years or so. We were so spoiled before then... Charles' prolificacy was a big part of the fun of being a fan back in the day. |
| Sprite |
Posted - 09/03/2025 : 04:06:46
Sounds good to me! |
| Brank_Flack |
Posted - 08/31/2025 : 14:52:41
"we we got some stuff... we've already recorded some stuff that we we're going to finish, revisit, listen to them. I would say they're 70% baked." |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 08/30/2025 : 22:26:20
Some stuff is 70% baked
October is a month off from touring...
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| oddball |
Posted - 08/29/2025 : 12:30:07
At least something is in the works based on this recent interview with Joey:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy1HCvXOuY8
-oddball |
| Skatealex1 |
Posted - 08/20/2025 : 16:10:40
I got an app that for playing music files and sorting them through my phone (pulsar for Android) so I can listen to non streaming stuff like Christmass from my phone when I get the itch to do so. |
| Troubles A Foot |
Posted - 08/20/2025 : 11:15:30
My iPod becoming outdated has been awful for stuff like that. Tons of albums and songs I love not streaming at all. I mean I'm into fairly under the radar music. It's too much of a hassle figuring out how to play this stuff in the car (where I 90% listen to stuff.) I love the bonus songs on Christmass. What a generous heaping from Frank to throw those on the live album. |
| Bedbug |
Posted - 08/20/2025 : 02:33:19
quote:
Originally posted by Skatealex1
Agreed about the formulaic nature of a lot of the newer stuff.
I'm actually listening to Christmass as I write this. Admittingly that is from some time ago with a younger Frank Black but still- listen to how dynamic a song like Massif Central or Don't Get Me Wrong are- classic rock influence or not doesn't even matter when listening to a lot of his songs from this era.
Also on topic- I also feel like Bluefinger was kind of a great version of a modern day Black Francis and even the more chill/non screaming songs there are cool- Lolita, Your Mouth Into Mine, etc. Top tier Francis songs and no screaming needed either.
I wonder why Christmass is never streaming. DGMW is the best |
| Troubles A Foot |
Posted - 08/17/2025 : 12:21:22
Yes, and then even "formulaic" and simpler stuff like Coastline is at least recorded with a lot of realness and warmth so it feels genuinely emotional to me. But the new Pixies stuff has a production style that feels over processed or something. |
| Skatealex1 |
Posted - 08/17/2025 : 10:47:06
Agreed about the formulaic nature of a lot of the newer stuff.
I'm actually listening to Christmass as I write this. Admittingly that is from some time ago with a younger Frank Black but still- listen to how dynamic a song like Massif Central or Don't Get Me Wrong are- classic rock influence or not doesn't even matter when listening to a lot of his songs from this era.
Also on topic- I also feel like Bluefinger was kind of a great version of a modern day Black Francis and even the more chill/non screaming songs there are cool- Lolita, Your Mouth Into Mine, etc. Top tier Francis songs and no screaming needed either. |
| The Maharal |
Posted - 08/17/2025 : 03:04:47
Yeah I think Kim's voice was definitely used in atypical ways and brilliantly so. More recent Pixies over-egg the dual harmonies as if they're compensating for previous sins. Off the top of my head I'm thinking Bel Esprit and Vegas Suite as the worst offenders. Mercy Me too, a song I otherwise like a lot, uses it a bit too much. And almost every chorus in every song. (This post unfortunately prompted me to listen to I Hear You Mary again.) Emma generally sounds excellent but yeah it's overdone. |
| Troubles A Foot |
Posted - 08/16/2025 : 18:54:14
quote:
Originally posted by The Maharal
For me one of the biggest drawbacks of Pixies post-IC is BF pandering far too much to the male/female harmonies. Giving far too much gravitas to female backing vocals.
Hmm, that's an interesting criticism. You mean how Kim's voice was used in atypical ways and often not to just make the song more "powerful" or sweet sounding or etc? I can see that.
This other band I like did a similar thing. It's hard to explain without sounding like "no girls allowed!" but for their 2nd album they added a female vocalist with a very classically pretty voice, and then just overused her on every song in very obvious "this sounds PRETTY!!!!!" ways, and for me it completely changed the feel of the band, which was a bit more rough and quirky and...boyish? |
