Beneath The Eyrie (studio album) by Pixies

I had no idea they had a new one.

From Brad1770 03/05/2020 11:30

So it’s 2020 and the deluxe edition of this album has surfaced with 9 fresh tracks demo’d but not making the final cut. Is there a hidden gem amongst this lot ? I’m afraid not. Unfortunately it’s more of the same only worse with largely bland tracks accompanied by nothing lyrics whilst the awful Pazification of Pixies music continues unabated

Sad to say this once mighty band is getting into Weezer/ Green Day late career strike out territory

From Brad1770 12/12/2019 23:03

This isn’t a terrible album, but it’s not terribly good either

It all just feels and sounds so incredibly safe with sparking clean production you could eat your lunch off. Where are the unfiltered guitars? Where are the sicko lyrics about murder , incest and mayhem? Slicing up eye balls? More like slicing up bread ? I guess with 5 children in tow Charles Thompson the 3rd is mellowing with life as a family man .Even the title ‘Underneath The Erie’ is uninteresting so named because drummer David Lovering spotted an eagles nest close to the recording studio in the Catskills Mountains

The one track I did find interesting was Daniel Boon about a man who dies when his car hits a deer , it’s apparently an accompaniment to the track “Caribou “ from ‘Come On Pilgrim’ their very first release back in 1987

From LebowskiRams 09/15/2019 20:08

Not only is this good for Post-hiatus Pixies, but this is also just a straight-up good album. Good hooks, solid songwriting, appropriate production, and the gothic aesthetic pays off nicely.

Favs: On Graveyard Hill, Catfish Kate, This is My Fate, Silver Bullet, Long Rider, St. Nazaire

Nah, son: Ready For Love, Los Surfers Muertos

From dihansse 09/13/2019 18:51

This album is exiting. I have the same feeling I have with this album as when I first listened to Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde. Of course nothing can beat Surfer Rosa/Come On Pilgrim and Doolittle but this one is really in the same league of the two latter albums unlike the other post-hiatus albums.

I really get a good feeling listening for the first time to this album and there is not one track below par. Although I really miss Kim Deal this is as good as it gets and will end up high in my year list.

This is easily the best thing they’ve done Post-hiatus. Yes, that’s a low bar. But don’t let it distract you from the big step forward on Beneath the Eyrie

Thank Christ this one's decent. Still not classic Pixies, but the songwriting and sound of the album is far more focused and refined this time.

Not as unrecognisable as Indie Cindy, not as laughable as Head Carrier. Solid, solid, album.