With the release of the long-winded (2014), the Pixies received scathing critical acclaim. It hardly bothered the American indie band. Together with the brand new bass player Paz Lenchantin, the group simply went on tour. After a series of successful shows, the quartet settled in the studio. Successor Head Carrier is a compact and well thought-out plate. Chief casually sings about decapitated
… French saints, a screaming god of war and paid sex along the Belgian highway. In short, an album that only he could have written. Just listen to his mythology- solo albums and . At Head Carrier you also get the famous surf guitar of Joey Santiago. Even more decisive is the contribution of Lenchantin, who gives her older colleagues new energy. All I Think About Now, her thank you note to previous bass player , is the best song on the record. The Pixies no longer sound as uninhibited as they did in 1990. More than 25 years later that is almost self-evident. Head Carrier is just a typical Black Francis album performed by his most famous band. (JE)more
