Written by: Alex Green
The Pixies have revealed they will be releasing a brand new album called Head Carrier on September 30. Here are ten things to know about one of the year’s most exciting and unexpected releases.
- Head Carrier will contain twelve new tracks.
- The album was produced by Tom Dalgety (Killing Joke, Royal Blood).
- It was recorded at London’s Rak Studios earlier this year.
- The first single is “Um Chagga Lagga” and it can be heard here:
- The artwork for Head Carrier was done by Vaughan Oliver who has handled the art direction for Pixies albums for years.
- There will be a limited edition box set version of the record, which will feature the CD, 180 gram black vinyl, a nearly 30 page booklet with lyrics and artwork by Oliver.
- To support Head Carrier, The Pixies will embark on a comprehensive world tour that will be punctuated by a solid European leg which will begin November 15th in Vienna.
- This record marks the official permanent member status of new(ish) bassist Paz Lenchantin. Lenchantin has been with the band since 2014, and sings lead on the new song “All I Think About Now.” The song was written by Paz and frontman Black Francis.
- In a press release announcing the record, Lenchantin had this to say: “I was very nervous in the beginning when I went to that first rehearsal…There were these shoes I felt I had to fill and I tried to do the best I could for the fans, to make the live performances sound true to the originals. I spent three years learning to understand what being a Pixie meant, and now, my heart, spirit, and love for their music is embedded in me and I feel like I have become a Pixie. We had been more about the history of the Pixies, but now, we are about going forward.”
- Head Carrier’s track listing is as follows: Head Carrier, Classic Masher, Baal’s Back, Might As Well Be Gone, Oona, Talent, Tenement Song, Bel Esprit, All I Think About Now, Um Chagga Lagga, Plaster Of Paris, All The Saints.
