Indie Cindy
This week, the reunited Pixies released their first new album in 23 years. Titled Indie Cindy, the record collects material from three EPs released over the past few months, two of which we've already reviewed. In the interest of avoiding redundancy, we chose to do something a little different...
Though capable of a smattering of decent tunes, for the most part the 2014 Pixies seem not only to be missing Kim Deal, but also their teeth.
Indie Cindy represents either an act of masochistic bravado, a display of stark determination, or—and this is the worst…
Unlike the slew of legendary acts -- including My Bloody Valentine, Boards of Canada, and Daft Punk -- who surprised fans with new albums in 2013, Pixies emerged from their lengthy recording hiatus more cautiously.
Perhaps to avert the crushing weight of expectation that comes with such a studio hiatus, the Pixies have been releasing this album in dribs and drabs for the best part of a year now, to mixed reception. However, finally presented as a single entity, Indie Cindy neatly fits into the Boston legends’ canon – in many ways the natural follow-up (after a mere twenty-odd years) to the experimental sound of their last studio album, Trompe le Monde.
Pixies are an incredible band, when you really think about it. They emerged at a time in rock and roll when glam was the norm, punk was homogenized, and everything else was gloomy and self-absorbed.
Album review: Pixies - 'Indie Cindy'. Awful? Awesome? Somewhere between? Clash delivers its verdict...
<p>The loss of bassist Kim Deal and the lack of any really new material make this first album in 23 years an anticlimax, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong></p>
Review of 'Indie Cindy' the new album by The Pixies, the LP comes out on April 28th via PIAS. The pixies play their next show April 19th at Coachella
<p>Pixies' first album since 1991 sounds like it could have easily have followed Trompe Le Monde – and that's the whole problem, writes <strong>Michael Hann</strong></p>
Helen Brown misses the unpredictable blasts of raw hellfire from the Pixies' prime