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- Summary: The latest full-length release from alternative rock band Pixies is its first with Band of Skulls' Emma Richardson as bassist.
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- Record Label: Universal Music
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Oct 23, 2024It’s when the pattern deviates somewhat from the expected that ‘The Night The Zombies Came’ is at its most exciting: the ’50s sonic cues that peppered ‘Doggerel’ remain, but the spite doesn’t.
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Oct 25, 2024‘The Night the Zombies Came’ isn’t an album for the uninspired or your average Joe – it’s a bible for the daydreaming visionary who finds beauty in the mundane.
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Oct 25, 2024You’re So Impatient rattles along like a lost mid-’60s garage-psychedelia nugget, but with a simmering fury that lurks unresolved. The near title track, Jane (The Night the Zombies Came) gives baroque chamber-pop a surreal cinematic twist, with its Morricone twang and offbeat “Jane!” chorus shouts.
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Oct 25, 2024It’s light, supple and tender, full of balladry and spacey (almost psychedelic) arrangements that seek to soothe and soften your mood rather than make you want to breathe fire (as their early work was wont to do). Unfortunately, it also challenges Indie Cindy for the unfortunate title of ‘most inconsistent Pixies album’ – it is, however, better than that record.
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Oct 28, 2024By now, fans should be used to Black’s shape-shifting nature (is it Black Francis, Frank Black, or plain old Charles Thompson?), which is on full display here. Just as we all gravitate toward a Frank Black solo release or two, listeners might just prefer The Night the Zombies Came over others. At the very least, they will enjoy some signature moments, perhaps finally accepting that nothing will compare to the original thing.
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Dec 5, 2024Ultimately, The Night the Zombies Came probably won’t live up to the expectations of fans wanting to relive the glory of Pixies in their prime, but it also shows flashes of their authentic sound that prove the band still have the ability to capture the essence of what makes Pixies so captivating and is a positive nod to the band’s enduring legacy.
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Oct 25, 2024None of it is especially awful, but there’s such a paucity of memorable songs that it’s like an echo of an echo of former glories. Even when some energy is injected, as on You’re So Impatient and Oyster Beds, it’s more huff-and-puff than blowing anybody’s house down.