Pixies' New Album Doggerel, In-Stores Today

NEW ALBUM DOGGEREL IS OUT NOW - LISTEN HERE* FEATURING THE NEW FOCUS TRACK “NOMATTERDAY” - LISTEN HERE* Pixies Announce Album Signings in Southern California and New York City “Pixies' new album Doggerel is the most inventive since their reunion nearly two decades ago.” - NME

Pixies: David Lovering, Black Francis, Paz Lenchantin, Joey Santiago • Photo Credit: Tom Oxley

LOS ANGELES, CA - FRIDAY, September 30, 2022 -- Pixies’ reputation as alt-rock trailblazers has been reignited in recent months.  Their singles “Dregs of the Wine,” “There’s A Moon On,” and “Vault of Heaven” have reconnected with long-standing fans and inspired newcomers too, a blend reiterated by a series of outdoor headline shows as well as a huge Hyde Park gig as guests to Pearl Jam. Today, Pixies release their new album Doggerel, their first studio set since 2019’s Beneath The Eyrie. In addition to the recent singles, Doggerel is full of new material which lives up to their iconic status. It’s a mature yet visceral record of gruesome folk, ballroom pop, and brutal rock, haunted by the ghosts of affairs and indulgences, driven wild by cosmic forces, and envisioning digital afterlives where no God has provided one. And all the while, right there on the news, another distant storm approaches. Produced by Tom Dalgety (Royal Blood, Ghost), Doggerel represents an evolution for Pixies, one that you wouldn’t always associate with a band deep into a storied career. Their famously off-kilter streak is still present, but it’s channeled into songs which are bigger, more orchestrated and in some aspects a little more direct.  Black Francis’s lyrics have also altered, his surrealist phrasing playing upon myths, legends, pop culture and a little nostalgia. A congregation between darkness and beauty consistently emerges throughout the record. Opener and new focus track “Nomatterday” sets the tone, lurching and grinding with an ominous intensity before unfolding into a breezy, power-pop rush. The ‘50s-tinged “Haunted House” is possessed by the spirit of ghosts both literal and metaphoric, while “The Lord Has Come Back” will be familiar to fans who have attended Pixies’ recent shows.  Later on, beguiling folk-rock melodies propel “Pagan Man” and then “Who’s More Sorry Now?” asks questions about recriminations while carrying elements that recall guitarist Joey Santiago’s admiration for Ennio Morricone.

Santiago recently had his first Pixies songwriting credit for “Dregs of the Wine,” while his second follows with the album’s title track (both alongside Francis). Loosely styled and irregular in measure, it’s a slow-burning song that is Doggerel both in name and nature. Doggerel is available HERE.  Pixies’ official store offers a range of limited-edition music and merch and as well as two exclusive Doggerel formats:  an orange vinyl and a red cassette. Black Francis, Joey Santiago, Dave Lovering and Paz Lenchantin also announce that they will be doing two album signings in tandem with the release of Doggerel:  Sunday, October 2, 3:00PM at Fingerprints in Long Beach, CA, and Wednesday, October 5, 2:30PM at Rough Trade in New York City. Pixies’ remaining 2022 tour schedule includes shows in South America, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, a special, October four-date run of North American intimate-venue concerts, and the just-announced 2023 European tour dates, all below.  As is the Pixies’ "standard,” the band will draw from their extensive catalogue to perform a different set every night, with each song determined just before its first note is played. Attendees can expect the band to perform not only some of the most beloved Pixies songs, but also, for the first time in America, new tracks  from Doggerel. Dates are below, and tickets can be purchased HERE. OCTOBER  1 SOMA, San Diego, CA  2 House of Blues, Anaheim, CA  3 The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA  5 Terminal 5, New York, NY  7  Chamorro City Hall, Bogotá, Colombia 11 Vivo Rio, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 12  Popload Festival 2022, São Paulo, Brazil 14  Argentinian Racetrack of Palermo, Comuna 14, Argentina 16  Esplanada Ciudad Empresarial, Santiago, Chile NOVEMBER  24  Bigcat, Osaka, Japan 25  Diamond Hall, Nagoya, Japan 26  Bay Hall, Yokohama, Japan 28  Zepp Haneda, Tokyo, Japan DECEMBER  2  The Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, Australia  3  Sydney Opera House – Forecourt, Sydney, Australia  4  Sydney Opera House – Forecourt, Sydney, Australia  6  Forum Theatre, Melbourne, Australia  7  Forum Theatre, Melbourne, Australia  8  Thebarton Theatre, Torrensville, Australia 10  Pixies Live at Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, Australia 11  Pixies Live at Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, Australia 14  The Opera House, Wellington, New Zealand 15  Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand 16  Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand 17  Christchurch Town Hall, Christchurch, New Zealand 2023 FEBRUARY  21  Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden 22  Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway 25  DR Koncerthuset, København S, Denmark 26  Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany 27  Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany 28  Zenith, Munich, Germany MARCH  3   Oosterpoort, Groningen, Netherlands  4   Amare, Den Haag, Netherlands  5   TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands  7   Forest National, Brussels, Belgium  9   Sant Jordi Club, Barcelona, Spain 10  WiZink Center, Madrid, Spain 11  Coliseum, A Coruña, Spain 13  Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, Portugal 15  L’Olympia, Paris, France 17  Forum, Birmingham, UK 18  Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales 20  Roundhouse, London, UK 21  Roundhouse, London, UK Doggerel tracklist:  Nomatterday  Vault of Heaven  Dregs of the Wine  Haunted House  Get Simulated  The Lord Has Come Back Today  Thunder & Lightning  There’s A Moon On  Pagan Man  Who’s More Sorry Now?  You’re Such A Sadducee  Doggerel