Black Francis: Last News

Pixies have apologised for causing people – well, at least one person – to oversleep. It turns out that Black Francis saying the word “stop” at the start of the band’s song ‘Where Is My Mind?’ has been causing devices – or at least one device – to switch off any alarms.The issue was raised by a Reddit user earlier this week, who reported on a problem that has been occurring on the device they use for their alarm ever since a recent update to Google Assistant, which allowed users to say “stop” in order to turn off their alarms when they wake up.“For the past few months, I could not figure out why on random days, with seemingly no reason, sometimes my alarm would either not go off or turn itself off very quickly”, wrote the Reddit user.

Pixies have announced a new UK and European tour, in which they will celebrate their ‘Bossanova’ and ‘Trompe Le Monde’ albums.The tour is set to kick off in Spring 2024, and will see the alt-rock icons perform their third studio album ‘Bossanova’ (1990) and follow-up ‘Trompe Le Monde’ album (1991) in full.‘Bossanova’ was introduced by the singles “Velouria” and “Dig for Fire“, and marked the first LP following the success of their hit second album ‘Doolittle’. It also was the first to feature no songs written by bassist Kim Deal, as she formed her other band The Breeders around the time it was written.‘Trompe Le Monde’ arrived the following year, and featured four singles: ‘Planet Of Sound’, ‘Alec Eiffel’, ‘Letter To Memphis’ and ‘Head On’.

Pixies frontman Black Francis has admitted that a collection of recent world events has led to “rippling tension everywhere”.Speaking to NME in a new interview, the singer – AKA Frank Black – said he worried about the world being left behind for his children and their generation.“Some of the events of the last few years, with the Presidential election in the United States and Donald Trump and all that other nonsense, and then the coronavirus pandemic and now worldwide recession, amid these extreme weather patterns, add together all this stuff and it starts to feel very dystopian,” he said.“There’s an economic strain on people and you see it when you go to Aldi and realise, ‘Shit, there are four security guards in this fucking discount grocery store to make I don’t run off with too many cans of tuna fish for free!’”Francis cited a number of factors – including “the United States banning abortion but not guns, despite the mass shootings” and “the hottest day of the year” – for creating the feeling that “we’re going to hell in a handbasket, and it’s the most grim and dystopian it’s ever been in my lifetime.”“I’m embarrassed in front of my children, just sheepishly apologising: ‘Sorry the world’s as corrupt as it is!’” he continued, while adding that “even if you have a fatalist view of life, sometimes you just have to sit back and find a way to enjoy that damn coffee”.Pixies will share their new album along with the single ‘There’s A Moon On’ on September 30 via BMG.

Pixies have announced that they’re to perform a surprise, intimate gig in Manchester tomorrow (July 19).The band will play an intimate show at Manchester’s Band On The Wall venue and tickets for the event are on sale here. All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to Band on the Wall’s The World of Music learning programme.The band will be playing the 500-capacity venue from 8pm, and the show will mark their most intimate performance since they reunited in 2004.Last month, the band confirmed the release date for their eighth album ‘Doggerel’.The Boston rockers will share their new album along with the single ‘There’s A Moon On’ on September 30 via BMG.

Pixies have confirmed the release date for their eighth album ‘Doggerel’ – see all the details below.The Boston rockers will share their new album along with the single ‘There’s A Moon On’ on September 30 via BMG. You can pre-order the album here and hear the first single below.Vocalist/guitarist Black Francis said of the new album: “We’re trying to do things that are very big and bold and orchestrated. The punky stuff, I really like playing it but you just cannot artificially create that shit.

Pixies have confirmed the release date for their eighth album ‘Doggerel’.The Boston rockers will share their new album along with the single ‘There’s A Moon On’ on September 30 via BMG. You can pre-order the album here.It marks the follow-up to 2019’s ‘Beneath The Eyrie‘, which NME praised in a four-star review as an “otherworldly album” that “filters present-day tribulations through the band’s witchy, psychedelic prism”.Vocalist/guitarist Black Francis said of the new album: “We’re trying to do things that are very big and bold and orchestrated. The punky stuff, I really like playing it but you just cannot artificially create that shit.

Pixies have shared a short documentary with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of their new album. Watch the film below.The six-minute clip features the band recording their first album in three years in Guilford, Vermont.