In the frost bitten run-up to Christmas 2018, Pixies set about recording a new album at Dreamland Studios, near Woodstock, NY. In an unprecedented move, they recorded every waking moment in the studio and provided all areas access to local music biographer Tony Fletcher to create a ground breaking document: It’s a Pixies Podcast. Over its 12 engrossing weekly episodes, It’s a Pixies Podcast reveals why the new album sounds like a dusty book of eerie folklore tales, full of black arts, Byronesque imagery, death, and its aftermath. Beneath the Eyrie is released on September 13.
2022... Pixies return to the studio, as does 'It's a Pixies Podcast' for one special episode.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!”
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.
German beer halls are invoked, a custom-made vampire tooth guitar makes it’s presence felt, Paz reveals the history of her bass flower as well as the secret to staying on the click, Dave goes bird watching and unearths the inspiration for the album's title and Charles and Tom find themselves on different pages about the guitar sound.
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