Pixies’ new studio album The Night the Zombies Came is released today. Listen Here.
Enigmatic album closer ‘The Vegas Suite’ sees Pixies inspired by the classic 1950s standard ‘Que Sera, Sera’ diving into the world of sci-fi, as frontman and principal songwriter Black Francis describes: “The closing track of the record is based on the song ‘Que Sera, Sera’, a standard written in the 1950s. We originally did a version of it for a television programme about not zombies but monster sci-fi creatures. So we thought ‘How can we make this fit into this sci-fi monster setting?’ I did not know that this was going to end up on the record. But then when our producer Tom Dalgety went to mix the record, he stuck it on, and it was the perfect closing credits to a record called ‘The Night the Zombies Came’.”
‘The Vegas Suite’ follows Pixies’ own cover version of ‘Que Sera, Sera’, released earlier this year as the AA side to their first single of 2024, ‘You’re So Impatient’.
The Night the Zombies Came is Pixies’ tenth album, if you count their classic 1987 4AD mini LP Come On Pilgrim, and first new music since 2022’s Doggerel LP.
The Night The Zombies Came arrives ahead of Pixies’ live return to the UK and Europe. In April and May 2025 the band will perform a 20-date headline tour, including nine UK shows with two nights at London’s O2 Academy Brixton.
The Night the Zombies Came also sees Pixies welcoming new bass player Emma Richardson (Band Of Skulls) to the line up; the first British band member to join the group. There’s also an expanded role for guitarist Joey Santiago. After contributing his first-ever Pixies lyrics on Doggerel, for the new record Santiago wrote the words to ‘Hypnotised’ by completing a complex lyrical riddle of sorts, known as a sestina.
Pixies will head for New Zealand and Australia in November 2024 for stadium gigs with Pearl Jam, closing a monumental year for one of the world’s most influential, revered, and deeply adored bands.
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