This time Black Francis, Joey Santiago, David Lovering, Paz Lenchantin and producer Tom Dalgety are on the snowy grounds of Guilford Studios, Vermont to record the new album 'Doggerel'. To be released on September 30th, 2022.
Jun 9, 2022
47 min
Looking back at the days at Dreamland, looking forward to September 13 and the launch of Beneath the Eyrie, and looking ahead to a global tour and playing these songs to fans all around the world.
Sep 12, 2019
30 min
It began with Charles swerving to avoid a large deer, it gained Joey’s instant approval, involved a series of complex chord changes, needed a magic middle eight, required Dave to tune the Timpani and ended as the only ballad on Beneath the Erie. The story of ‘Daniel Boone’. A forensic exploration of how a very special song came to life.
Sep 5, 2019
34 min
Tom is digging into his toolbox of tricks, Charles brings out his Broadway voice, Dave’s doing bells and whistles, Paz is on the Mellotron and there’s an actual kitchen sink being thrown in.
Aug 29, 2019
35 min
It’s time for overdubs so Joey is really busy sprinkling arsenic icicles, the best Pixies cover band ever, the Joey Santiago technique for buying a guitar, the beauty of a Gilligan, the original intension for fuzz pedals - oh, and ....the notebook.
Aug 22, 2019
33 min
Charles reveals his creative outlet between Pixies albums, a couple of problem lyrics are resolved, the Eagles Greatest Hits make their influence felt, Captain Beefheart, David Vanian and Elvis all get a name check and Charles is instantly sold on Tom’s kooky shit.
Aug 15, 2019
30 min
Paz flies through her bass parts, adds some peculiar piano, sings, reflects on her childhood in Argentina and California and the influence of her parents, describes her classical training and her musical journey, expounds on her love of surfing and it’s impact on two songs on Beneath the Eyrie, and when it comes to taking a five minute break, Paz is calling it because… Paz is always right.
Aug 8, 2019
32 min
In this episode: Dave explores science, metal detecting, skids ‘n jocks, a huge bag of weed, magic, electronic engineering, confidence, hunting and searching, UHF radio, scorpions, fluorescent minerals, bats, birds of prey, humming birds, RFI, meteors and satellites while Charles reveals the best way to eat cake.
Aug 1, 2019
31 min
In this episode: Oh my God Tom Charles just wrote another one, Joey goes wild, Paz talks surfing and lyrics, Charles has James Taylor in his head, Tom’s capturing everything and anything, Charles explains his ‘intension’ and why he’s a snake, and everyone is “just sayin!”
Jul 25, 2019
38 min
Someone’s up for 2 Grammy’s, Charles has been up all night drinking with Paz, Joey has been up since dawn worrying about one particular song, Charles realizes he gave Joey the wrong chart, and Joey is trying to come up with something different.
Jul 18, 2019
31 min
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