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Ello Sailor · **Joined:** Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm **Posts:** 11817

Birds in Hell wrote:

I gave up after the first three songs and put on Trompe le Monde instead.

Whatever elements work for me on the original records are just totally absent.

The songs just don't hit for me.

Those first 3 songs are killer. What the hell, Spenno.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 35939

yeah, the first three are up there with their best work.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 35939

Listening to the demos right now, they rule.

Please Dont Go is brilliant. Also Hey Debussy is classic Pixies.

This band rules so hard.

Ello Sailor · **Joined:** Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm **Posts:** 11817

Beneath the Eyrie top 5:

1. Long Rider
2. On Graveyard Hill
3. Daniel Boone
4. In the Arms of Mrs. Mark of Cain
5. Los Surfers Muertos

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 35939

I love love love both On Graveyard Hill and Catfish Kate. Also St. Nazaire, Daniel Boone and Death Horizon....i got super into Please Dont Go and Hey Debussy last night..
and yeah, Los Surfers Muertos is great.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 35939

I Just Cant Break It To You also rules...man, Joey Santiago is on fire.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 35939

Ello Sailor wrote:

I really dig the Paz track. The Silver Bullet > Long Rider > Los Surfers Muertos > St. Nazaire is a great run. I think the album hits a bit of a skid early with This Is My Fate > Ready For Love, but they might be growers. The singles are obviously brilliant, and David Boone > Death Horizon is a lovely closing sequence.

I agree with This Is My Fate and Ready For Love being kinda weak, and yes, they also might be growers. I think most of the demos are better songs though.

Ello Sailor · **Joined:** Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm **Posts:** 11817

The extras are great, especially 'Hey Debussy'. The "just give me the album and nothing more" crowd are out of their damn minds.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 35939

Hey Debussy is fucking great.

Mike · **Posted:** Thu February 18, 2021 10:46 pm

Birds in Hell wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:

Late to the party, but yeah, Beneath the Eyrie slaps. Pixies aren't dead, and Paz is doing an outstanding job.

I listened when it was new, and I really, really couldn't get into it.

Maybe I'll try again soon.

Please try again

OK, so I did.

I gave up after the first three songs and put on Trompe le Monde instead.

Whatever elements work for me on the original records are just totally absent.

The songs just don't hit for me.

This made in interested in also listening to it for the first time. Now also three songs in I feel the same. It's not bad but I also absolutely do not care about it at all. The only Pixies I really love is the first two, though.

Birds in Hell · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 9:38 pm **Posts:** 15074

Mike wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:

Late to the party, but yeah, Beneath the Eyrie slaps. Pixies aren't dead, and Paz is doing an outstanding job.

I listened when it was new, and I really, really couldn't get into it.

Maybe I'll try again soon.

Please try again

OK, so I did.

I gave up after the first three songs and put on Trompe le Monde instead.

Whatever elements work for me on the original records are just totally absent.

The songs just don't hit for me.

This made in interested in also listening to it for the first time. Now also three songs in I feel the same. It's not bad but I also absolutely do not care about it at all. The only Pixies I really love is the first two, though.

Yeah, Bossanova and TLM are a bit hit and miss, but I still like them and the high points are just as good as anything they ever did.

Ello Sailor · **Joined:** Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm **Posts:** 11817

I bet you jabronis haven't even heard Long Rider.

Birds in Hell · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 9:38 pm **Posts:** 15074

I just did, and it's no (say) River Euphrates.

I will say I liked a couple of songs on Indie Cindy, especially Blue-Eyed Hexe. That's a legitimately good Pixies song.

Ello Sailor · **Joined:** Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm **Posts:** 11817

'Greens and Blues' is probably their best post-Kim song.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 35939

yeah thats a great one but i also love Bagboy from that album...still, i prefer the last album over Indie Cindy.

Ello Sailor · **Joined:** Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm **Posts:** 11817

Birds in Hell wrote:

I just did, and it's no (say) River Euphrates.

Come On Pilgrim came out 34 years ago, Spenno. I'd say they're doing pretty well. And by pretty well, I mean better than 99% of artists who've been at it for over three decades.

Birds in Hell · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 9:38 pm **Posts:** 15074

Ello Sailor wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

I just did, and it's no (say) River Euphrates.

Come On Pilgrim came out 34 years ago, Spenno. I'd say they're doing pretty well. And by pretty well, I mean better than 99% of artists who've been at it for over three decades.

Oh, for sure.

I'm certainly glad they're still making a go of it, and Dave Lovering (for example) isn't scraping by in some boring job.

I just don't like the records they're making now.

Ello Sailor · **Joined:** Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm **Posts:** 11817

Indie Cindy is the superior record, but I am still totally on board for a post-Covvie tour. I was meant to see them in May!

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 35939

yeah, i want to see them again too.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 35939

Daniel Boone is so beautiful. Those guitars man...

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