Pixies release new single 'Motoroller'

Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - 11:36

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Pixies have shared new single ‘Motoroller’, the fourth new song to be released from their anticipated new studio album The Night the Zombies Came, due for release on 25th October via BMG. The single comes alongside the news that Pixies will return to the UK and Europe in April and May 2025 for a 20 date headline tour, including nine UK shows with two nights at London’s O2 Brixton Academy.

The dynamic ‘Motoroller’ follows frontman and principle songwriter Black Francis on a scooter ride across Berlin. Speaking on the track, Francis says: “This is one of those kinds of songs where there's little threads you can follow and they take you somewhere. But they're not required for the experience. You can just start fishing around in the lyrics, and maybe you won't find exactly what the story is, but you'll find a story related to the city of Berlin. So just have fun with the clues that are there.”

35 years since their groundbreaking Platinum-certified album Doolittle catapulted the band into the UK Top Ten, and 20 years since their celebrated reformation at Coachella, Pixies are deep into their second act, and in the midst of 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 first new music since 2022’s acclaimed Doggerel LP. 13 new songs that find Pixies looking ahead to the most cinematic record of their career.

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