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natenate101
= Cult of Ray =

USA
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Posted - 06/04/2022 :  00:53:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Keep your eyes and ears peeled next week. Our first taste of Doggerel is almost here.

“ the adrenalizing effect of the lunar cycle on the human psyche”

Sprite
* Dog in the Sand *

1220 Posts

Posted - 06/04/2022 :  03:22:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Can’t wait!

Ah I see there is new band photo and Pixies logo on the their Twitter feed. Something is afoot it seems.

Edited by - Sprite on 06/04/2022 03:26:25
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <

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Posted - 06/04/2022 :  10:02:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Is it my eyesight or does the "P" in the logo also look like an "F"?
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natenate101
= Cult of Ray =

USA
851 Posts

Posted - 06/04/2022 :  11:53:52  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Bedbug

Is it my eyesight or does the "P" in the logo also look like an "F"?



It does, and it’s weird that got through quality control.
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Brank_Flack
= Cult of Ray =

Canada
908 Posts

Posted - 06/04/2022 :  13:26:57  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Great news - I suppose we heard Graveyard Hill around this time before the September (if I'm correct?) release of BTE.

It's going to be weird seeing the first non Vaughan Oliver design. He did such a good job of capturing the darkness/violence/sexuality/eccentricity underlying their music, I worry that will be lost in favour of a more generic indie-pop/rock aesthetic. (Lord, I overthink these things...)
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Fitzy
- FB Fan -

Portugal
86 Posts

Posted - 06/04/2022 :  16:12:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Allmusic has a picture of Doggerel's artcover. Don't know if it's the official one.

Edited by - Fitzy on 06/04/2022 16:13:10
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <

2952 Posts

Posted - 06/04/2022 :  16:18:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by natenate101

quote:
Originally posted by Bedbug

Is it my eyesight or does the "P" in the logo also look like an "F"?



It does, and it’s weird that got through quality control.



Unless it's on purpose to reflect what many of us on this forum believe, that the band truly is FB & the P's.
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Jamie
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USA
98 Posts

Posted - 06/04/2022 :  16:32:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Fitzy

Allmusic has a picture of Doggerel's artcover. Don't know if it's the official one.



I would think it must be. To save everyone the trouble of looking it up:

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Brank_Flack
= Cult of Ray =

Canada
908 Posts

Posted - 06/05/2022 :  01:08:35  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Good find - allmusic says Sept 30.
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TheScooper
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USA
176 Posts

Posted - 06/05/2022 :  01:21:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
A lot of people have been crapping on this cover, but I love it. "Feels" like something from the classic era, but also still feels new. Only qualm is the P that looks like an F
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Bedbug
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Posted - 06/05/2022 :  02:11:26  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Instead of calling them Pixies 2.0 now we can call them the Fixies, which is not half bad
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Bedbug
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Posted - 06/05/2022 :  02:12:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
And I too like this cover just fine, better than IC or HC. Makes me wonder if we will get some Martian vibes
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Brank_Flack
= Cult of Ray =

Canada
908 Posts

Posted - 06/05/2022 :  05:01:42  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yeah, the artwork is fine. I like the textures/colours in the painting on the top half.

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pot
> Teenager of the Year <

Iceland
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Posted - 06/05/2022 :  10:29:52  Show Profile  Visit pot's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I like it - very post Bossanova 2.0 - glad I got the spelling right too!
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pot
> Teenager of the Year <

Iceland
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Posted - 06/05/2022 :  10:37:58  Show Profile  Visit pot's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Bedbug

Is it my eyesight or does the "P" in the logo also look like an "F"?



Or Two P’s - which might be a clue that it’s a double album?

Or simply a case of the best way to do something equivalently weird with the letter P

Actually I think I’ve worked out what’s going on there - if you look closely there are (sort of) two copies of each letter within each letter - if you see what I mean? Again, therefore it’s a DOUBLE ALBUM!!

EDIT AGAIN - or it’s like they are copying and pasting multiple copies of each letter in the same direction by small increments to create this effect - if you understand what I mean again (obvs this doesn’t apply 100% in exactly the same way with each letter)

It’s a good logo I like it

Edited by - pot on 06/05/2022 10:50:09
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Stevio10
* Dog in the Sand *

United Kingdom
1065 Posts

Posted - 06/05/2022 :  12:24:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Looks very 80s / 90s 4AD to me. The top section reminds me a little of Wave of Mutilation compilation artwork. Abstract alien phallicism. The bottom section at first glance really reminds me of the Amps Pacer artwork, same colours / shades. The logo initially looked cheap but on closer inspection its quite a nice optical illusion. I haven't figured it out though that's its charm. I'd say it's on par with BTE and better than IC and HC.
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Brank_Flack
= Cult of Ray =

Canada
908 Posts

Posted - 06/05/2022 :  12:24:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Some interview snippets starting to pop up on facebook https://fb.watch/dsOysaaGtZ/

Wonder if these will just be a small series of promotional interviews, or whether we might have a documentary to accompany the album, ala the BTE podcast? Doubtful, but would be neat.
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Sprite
* Dog in the Sand *

1220 Posts

Posted - 06/05/2022 :  12:55:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I do like the cover, much more than Indie Cindy and Head Carrier. I am trying to work out what kind of musical feel to take from it. Perhaps a bit more reverby this time with a twinge of electronica.
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Netherlands
5993 Posts

Posted - 06/06/2022 :  00:10:40  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
More reverb than BTE?
I would love that!

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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Netherlands
5993 Posts

Posted - 06/06/2022 :  00:11:35  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
New artwork is great. It's not like the fonts were any good since IC...

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Sprite
* Dog in the Sand *

1220 Posts

Posted - 06/06/2022 :  02:11:34  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by billgoodman

More reverb than BTE?
I would love that!

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Good point! I was thinking a bit more cloying, like Bossanova.
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Sprite
* Dog in the Sand *

1220 Posts

Posted - 06/06/2022 :  05:25:26  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pixies-new-album-doggerel-short-documentary-1362749/

So much to unpack here but the best news is *there's going to be another podcast* starting Friday June 10th
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tamefan
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Canada
177 Posts

Posted - 06/06/2022 :  05:26:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
there's an unlisted album trailer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dItfYvcGwY4
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pot
> Teenager of the Year <

Iceland
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Posted - 06/06/2022 :  05:51:38  Show Profile  Visit pot's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Digging Charles’ new Farmer Palmer look there
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tamefan
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Canada
177 Posts

Posted - 06/06/2022 :  06:05:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
the background music in the trailer is new music from the album, yeah? it sounds like shoegaze head carrier! i wish we could read whatever's on that whiteboard. is it a list of 12 tracks?
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natenate101
= Cult of Ray =

USA
851 Posts

Posted - 06/06/2022 :  06:14:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by tamefan

the background music in the trailer is new music from the album, yeah? it sounds like shoegaze head carrier! i wish we could read whatever's on that whiteboard. is it a list of 12 tracks?



Correct, album has 12 tracks.
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stuczuba
= Cult of Ray =

471 Posts

Posted - 06/06/2022 :  06:29:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I want to see the board with all the demos and what's been crossed out!

I didn't realise Dalgetty looked so much like a younger Daniel Kitson..
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Brank_Flack
= Cult of Ray =

Canada
908 Posts

Posted - 06/06/2022 :  07:28:08  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I'm glad to hear there will be another podcast (even if an episode rather than season), but I wonder why it would be released almost four months before the album comes out, rather than in the weeks before? (Not that it matters to me)
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TheScooper
- FB Fan -

USA
176 Posts

Posted - 06/06/2022 :  09:56:18  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Snippets that we hear in that clip tragically sound very….Tom Dalgety, but oh well. It is what it is at this point. But Human Crime sounded almost competent so fingers crossed
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Brank_Flack
= Cult of Ray =

Canada
908 Posts

Posted - 06/06/2022 :  10:55:16  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
What would you describe as the Tom Dalgety sound? I was happy with the production of BTE, but think I may have heard what you mean.
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Troubles A Foot
= Cult of Ray =

USA
813 Posts

Posted - 06/06/2022 :  14:53:15  Show Profile  Visit Troubles A Foot's Homepage  Reply with Quote
The Dalgety sound to me is more a lack of a sound than a specific sound.
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Netherlands
5993 Posts

Posted - 06/06/2022 :  19:13:17  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Sounds promising

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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Netherlands
5993 Posts

Posted - 06/06/2022 :  23:40:12  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Troubles A Foot

The Dalgety sound to me is more a lack of a sound than a specific sound.



Really? On BTE the drums have a very distinct sound (lot's of bass drum). And lot's of (lead) vocals and guitar are drenched in echo/delay.


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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Netherlands
5993 Posts

Posted - 06/06/2022 :  23:40:43  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by natenate101

quote:
Originally posted by tamefan

the background music in the trailer is new music from the album, yeah? it sounds like shoegaze head carrier! i wish we could read whatever's on that whiteboard. is it a list of 12 tracks?



Correct, album has 12 tracks.



You seem to know more, are you willing to spill the (jumping) beans, yet?

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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Netherlands
5993 Posts

Posted - 06/06/2022 :  23:44:30  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
The snippets have me pumped. It's not going to please the snobs I guess, but as a Bossanova- and BTE-fan I'm pleased.

It's what me surprises the most after 2004. Pixies keep on relying on Surface Rosa and Doolittle, but their new music seems more like Bossa/TLM to me. Which is good. I don't think you can write with that Come On Pilgrim-energy for very long anyway.

Hot take:
If they would have played more album cuts from Bossanova and Trompe, from 2004 on, their reunion records would be more acceptable to critics and the festival crowds.


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TheScooper
- FB Fan -

USA
176 Posts

Posted - 06/07/2022 :  01:01:09  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I love Boss and Trompe. I also love the new songs as songs (and think they sound great performed live). Unfortunately Dalgety's recordings just sound like ass to me.

Not a "snob," I don't even know enough about music/production/tech stuff to have the vocabulary for why. But his recordings are way too muddy and heavy. And disconnected. All the instruments artificially cranked up at the same volume. Just gives me a headache. There's no angularity, no "life," no space, it's like hearing the Pixies suffocate in a butterfly jar. Which is why those BTE demos were such a breath of fresh air by comparison.

Anyways, still cannot wait. Human Crime sounded marginally better, but no matter how it sounds I'm always eager to hear new FBF content. I'm sure they'll be great live no matter how the record sounds

Edited by - TheScooper on 06/07/2022 01:03:15
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