Pixies have released new single “Oyster Beds”, the track is taken from their recently announced LP The Night the Zombies Came, available October 25th via BMG Records “Oyster Beds” is Inspired by Black Francis’ return to painting during the band’s time at Rockfield Studios, the track reflects the artwork that now sits in the hallway of Francis’ home. He describes it as “a laundry list of things I was painting over the last couple years. I took up painting again when we were recording at Rockfield, and I didn’t stop.” The new single follows the previous single “Chicken”

The news of The Night the Zombies arrived during a busy touring schedule with 70 live shows across the world through 2024 – with even more dates to be announced for 2025. The band just wrapped a tour across North America with Modest Mouse and Cat Power, and are playing through Europe before returning to the UK in August for a run of already sold out headline shows at Glasgow Academy and Halifax’s Piece Hall. Major festival performances at London’s All Points East, Victorious, and headline shows at Galway Airport, Belfast’s Custom House Square and Dublin’s RDS Simmonscourt.

The upcoming concerts mark Pixies’ second visit to the UK this year after sold out dates celebrating the Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde albums, which included a three-night residency at London’s Kentish Town Form. Looking ahead, Pixies will head for New Zealand and Australia in November for stadium gigs with Pearl Jam.

The Night the Zombies is Pixies’ tenth album, it follows their 1987 4AD mini LP Come On Pilgrim, and first new music since 2022’s Doggerel LP. 13 new songs that find Pixies looking ahead to another new chapter.

The Night the Zombies Came saw the band return to work with producer Tom Dalgety, who drummer David Lovering refers to as “a fifth Pixie” after producing 2016’s Head Carrier, 2019’s Beneath the Eyrie and 2022’s Doggerel. Early on in the recording process at Guilford Sound studio in Vermont, the band noticed the new songs were dividing into two camps: what they came to call the “Dust Bowl Songs” – country-tinged, ballad-esque numbers such as “Primrose” and “Mercy Me”, and on the other side, the album’s furious punk numbers such as “You’re So Impatient” and “Oyster Beds”. Only “Jane (The Night the Zombies Came)” keeps its feet in both camps — reminiscent of early 60s Phil Spector, the band hitting the sweet spot between mushy and abrasive, it’s a track that Black Francis allegedly likened to being chased by a swarm of bees.

The Night the Zombies Came sessions also saw Pixies welcoming new bass player Emma Richardson (Band Of Skulls) to the line up; the first British band member to join the group. There’s also an expanded role for guitarist Joey Santiago. After contributing his first-ever Pixies lyrics on Doggerel, for the new record Santiago wrote the words to “Hypnotised” by completing a complex lyrical riddle of sorts.

Pixies
The Night the Zombies Came
tracklist

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

Pixies Live Dates

AUGUST

23 All Points East, London, UK [FESTIVAL]
24 Victorious Festival, Portsmouth, UK [FESTIVAL]
25 Rock en Seine, Paris, France [FESTIVAL]
27 Galway Airport, Galway, Ireland
28 Custom House Square, Belfast, UK [SOLD OUT]
29 RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin, Ireland

2024 Auckland and New Zealand Tour w/ Pearl Jam

NOVEMBER

8 Go Media Stadium Mt Smart, Auckland, New Zealand [SOLD OUT]
10 Go Media Stadium Mt Smart, Auckland, New Zealand
13 Heritage Bank Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia [SOLD OUT]
16 Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia [SOLD OUT]
18 Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia
21 Giants Stadium, Sydney, Australia [SOLD OUT]
23 Giants Stadium, Sydney, Australia

Order The Night the Zombies Came by Pixies HERE