Pixies Announce New Album 'The Night the Zombies Came,' Share "Chicken"
It's the follow-up to 2022's 'Doggerel'
"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," frontman Francis Black explained in a statement.
Press notes further describe The Night the Zombies Came's 13 tracks as falling into two camps: country-tinged ballads ("dust bowl songs") and furious punk. Only the pseudo-title track, "Jane (The Night the Zombies Came)" bridges the divide, with one foot firmly in each.
Lead single "Chicken," on the other hand, is definitely a dust-bowl number, as Black personifies poultry and compares their decapitation to being an actor in a zombie movie. Give it a listen below, where you'll also find the album tracklist details.
The Night the Zombies Came:
1. Primrose
2. You're So Impatient
3. Jane (The Night the Zombies Came)
4. Chicken
5. Hypnotised
6. Johnny Good Man
7. Motoroller
8. I Hear You Mary
9. Oyster Beds
10. Mercy Me
11. Ernest Evans
12. Kings of the Prairie
13. The Vegas Suite