Pixies Release New Track, "Motoroller" + New Int'l Tour Dates Announced

PIXIES RELEASE NEW SINGLE, “MOTOROLLER” – LISTEN HERE    NEW ALBUM, THE NIGHT THE ZOMBIES CAME  DUE FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 25, 2024 VIA BMG - PRE-ORDER HERE    20-DATE UK & EU HEADLINE TOUR ANNOUNCED FOR APRIL & MAY 2025  WITH NINE UK HEADLINE SHOWS

Pixies L-R, Back:  Emma Richardson, Joey Santiago, David Lovering Seated: Black Francis Photo credit:  Travis Shinn • Download Hi-Res Image HERE LOS ANGELES, CA - Tuesday, September 17, 2024 — Today, Pixies share a new single, “Motoroller,” the fourth new song to be released from their anticipated new studio album, The Night the Zombies Came, due for release on October 25 via BMG. Listen HERE. The single comes alongside the news that Pixies will return to the UK and Europe in April and May 2025 for a 20-date headline tour, including nine UK shows with two nights at London’s O2 Brixton Academy.  Following its debut on Steve Lamacq’s BBC Radio 6 Music show last night, the dynamic "Motoroller" follows frontman and principal songwriter Black Francis on a scooter ride across Berlin. Speaking on the track, Francis says: “This is one of those kinds of songs where there's little threads you can follow and they take you somewhere. But they're not required for the experience. You can just start fishing around in the lyrics, and maybe you won't find exactly what the story is, but you'll find a story related to the city of Berlin. So just have fun with the clues that are there.”  Cover artwork for Pixies’ album, "The Night The Zombies Came"

“Motoroller” follows the previously released tracks “Oyster Beds,” “You’re So Impatient,” "Que Sera, Sera,” and “Chicken” - met by widespread acclaim, with The Times of London describing it as “Dark and dangerous” in the paper’s Essential Tracks, and the Daily Telegraph citing a “new, darker direction” in their Songs of The Week. The UK's NME hailed it as “haunting,” MOJO called it “delightfully ghoulish,” and CLASH proclaimed it "Pixies at their blood-curdling best."  Pixies will kick off their 2025 UK and European headline tour in Utrecht, Netherlands, on April 25, with performances across Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, and Portugal before arriving at the P&J Arena in Aberdeen on May 13. The tour continues with nine dates across the UK at O2 Academy Edinburgh, two nights at London’s O2 Brixton Academy, shows at O2 Academy, Leeds, Academy Birmingham, Cardiff’s Utilita Arena, and Newcastle City Hall, before concluding at O2 Manchester on May 25.    Thirty-five years since their groundbreaking Platinum-certified album Doolittle catapulted the band into the UK Top Ten, and 20 years since their celebrated reformation at Coachella, Pixies are deep into their second act, amid a creative purple patch.  The Night the Zombies Came is Pixies’ tenth album, if you count their classic 1987 4AD mini LP Come On Pilgrim, and the band’s first new music since 2022’s acclaimed Doggerel LP. Thirteen new songs that find Pixies looking ahead to the most cinematic record of their career.  Druidism, apocalyptic shopping malls, medieval-themed restaurants, 12th-century poetic form, surf rock, gargoyles, bog people, and the distinctive dry drum sound of 1970’s era Fleetwood Mac are just some of the disparate wonders that inform the new songs.

Cover artwork for Pixies’ Vinyl digital album, "The Night The Zombies Came"

The Night the Zombies Came Tracklisting: 2 You're So Impatient  3 Jane (The Night the Zombies Came)  4 Chicken  5 Hypnotised  6 Johnny Good Man  7 Motoroller  8 I Hear You Mary 9 Oyster Beds  10 Mercy Me  11 Ernest Evans  12 Kings of the Prairie  13 The Vegas Suite  The Night the Zombies Came Press Assets (photos/artwork/product shots, Pixies logo, bio, album lyrics & credits, "Motoroller" label copy & lyrics, Black Francis' album track-by-track, press releases, all available HERE. 2024 Auckland and New Zealand Tour w/ Pearl Jam  November 8 - Go Media Stadium Mt Smart, Auckland, New Zealand [SOLD OUT]  November 10 - Go Media Stadium Mt Smart, Auckland, New Zealand  November 13 - Heritage Bank Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia [SOLD OUT]  November 16 - Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia [SOLD OUT]  November 18 - Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia  November 21 - Giants Stadium, Sydney, Australia [SOLD OUT]  November 23 - Giants Stadium, Sydney, Australia  2025 UK and European Headline Tour  April 25th - TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht  April 26th - Lotto Arena, Antwerp  April 28th - Oosterport, Groningen  April 29th - 013, Tilburg  May 1st - Tempodrom, Berlin  May 2nd - Palladium, Cologne  May 3rd - TonHalle, Munich  May 6th - Arkea Arena, Bordeaux  May 7th - Zenith, Nantes  May 9th - Palacio de los Deportes de Granada, Granada  May 10th - Sagres Campo Pequeno, Lisbon  May 13th - P&J Arena, Aberdeen  May 14th - O2 Academy, Edinburgh  May 16th - O2 Brixton Academy, London  May 17th - O2 Brixton Academy, London  May 19th - O2 Academy, Leeds  May 20th - Academy, Birmingham  May 21st - Utilita Arena, Cardiff  May 23rd - O2 City Hall, Newcastle  May 24th - O2 Apollo, Manchester