Pixies Announce ‘The Night the Zombies Came’ + Unveils ‘Chicken’

Pixies announce their brand-new studio album, The Night the Zombies Came, due for release on October 25 via BMG, in time for Halloween.  Pre-orders for the album are available here.

Thirty-five years since their groundbreaking album Doolittle catapulted the band into the U.K. Top Ten and was certified Platinum in America, and 20 years since their celebrated reformation at Coachella, Pixies are deep into their second act amid a creative purple patch.

The Night the Zombies Came is Pixies’ tenth album if you count their classic 1987 4AD mini-LP Come On Pilgrim and the first new music since 2022’s acclaimed Doggerel LP.  Thirteen new songs that find Pixies looking ahead to the most cinematic record of their career.

Songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist Black Francis explains, “Fragments that are related and juxtaposed with other fragments in other songs. And in a collection of songs in a so-called LP, you end up making a kind of movie.”

Druidism, apocalyptic shopping malls, medieval-themed restaurants, 12^th-century poetic form, surf rock, gargoyles, bog people, and the distinctive dry drum sound of 1970s-era Fleetwood Mac are just some of the disparate wonders that inform the new songs.

Testament to this kaleidoscopic vista is the new song ‘Chicken.’  Released today, songwriter Black Francis personifies poultry, dealing with decapitation and feeling like an actor in Zombie movies as Joey Santiago’s impulsive lead guitar takes flight.