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Head Carrier
Rock · 2016 · 12 tracks · 33m

Head Carrier

Pixies

A polished return to form featuring surrealist lyrics and jagged guitars. The first record to fully integrate Paz Lenchantin's melodic bass and backing vocals.

September 30, 2016 · Voice Music (2)

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A seasoned, rhythmic drive that balances surrealist aggression with melodic maturity.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 33m
01
Head Carrier
3:37
02
Classic Masher
2:37
03
Baal’s Back
1:54
04
Might as Well Be Gone
2:48
05
Oona
3:37
06
Talent
2:11
07
Tenement Song
2:57
08
Bel Esprit
3:12
09
All I Think About Now
3:07
10
Um Chagga Lagga
3:00
11
Plaster of Paris
2:06
12
All the Saints
2:41
Moments Worth Listening For
The sudden, throat-shredding vocal explosion on Baal’s Back that recalls the band's earliest aggression.
Paz Lenchantin's lead vocal on All I Think About Now, which serves as a melodic mirror to Where Is My Mind.
The frantic, rockabilly-infused gallop of Um Chagga Lagga that feels like a high-speed chase through a desert.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Head Carrier sound next to the rest of Pixies's catalogue?

Dive Bar+1.8σ

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