Pixies Surprise Release Brand New EP

The mighty Pixies have surprise released a brand new four track EP this morning.

Titled ‘EP-2’, the new songs – ‘Blue-Eyed Hexe', 'Magdalena’, ‘Greens and Blues’ and ‘Snakes’ - were recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales with longterm Pixies producer Gil Norton.

A video for ‘Blue-Eyed Hexe’ has also premiered which you can watch right here:

‘EP-2’ is available exclusively on the band’s official website as a download (mp3 only), lossless download, limited edition 10-inch vinyl, and as part of special bundles.

Pixies tour the length and breadth of North America this January and February before taking in shows in South America in spring and returning to Europe in the summer.

Their only UK date so far is their headline slot at Field Day in Victoria Park, London on Sunday 8th June. You can buy tickets from www.kerrangradio.co.uk/tickets now.

Pixies have also handily shared their candid thoughts on each of EP-2’s tracks. Check them out below.

*Blue-Eyed Hexe** Black Francis: “It’s a tale from the northwestern part of the UK, and it’s a witch-woman kind of a song. That’s what a ‘hexe’ is, and ours is a blue-eyed hexe.” Joey Santiago:“Gil wanted a swagger, he wanted the guitar solo to sound like you’re going to have sex with this blue-eyed hexe.”*

*Magdalena Joey Santiago: “This song is so atmospheric. We had these weird Moog pedals that sounded like water. It was a very mood-based, atmospheric sound, not based on any lyrics or anything.” Drummer David Lovering, “One of my favourites, maybe tied with ‘Indie Cindy.’ It’s cool the way it flows, and it’s a very simplistic song, very pretty, cool and moving.”*

*Greens and Blues Black Francis: “As with all my songs, I would prefer people add their own interpretation to it. But, in this case, let’s just say that we had done ‘Gigantic’ as the closer for many years at our reunion shows and it worked really well. But I could see that we were going to grow weary of that and I felt like we basically needed a better ‘Gigantic.’ It was my attempt to come up with another song that would – musically, emotionally and psychologically – sit in the same place that ‘Gigantic’ has sat. Not that I could ever replace that song: you write songs and they come out the way they come out. So perhaps it can be said that this song fills the emotional niche that ‘Gigantic’ occupied, another show-closer. I think the lyric alludes to that, the fact that it’s the end of the night, the end of something. And a separation if you will, between the band and the audience. So I guess it’s kind of a goodbye song, or really more of a ‘good night’ song."*

*Snakes Joey Santiago: “I’m not a jammer but Black Francis and I started jamming it out. I had this little idea and I did that sliding guitar just to emulate a snake.” Black Francis: “This one was totally written in the studio session. It proved to be a little bit difficult to play and a little bit difficult to record, sonically, but we stuck with it and I like the result."*