Pixies dropped their latest studio album The Night the Zombies Came today via BMG, pulling listeners deeper into their strange and subversive universe. The album closes with ‘The Vegas Suite,’ a trippy, sci-fi-tinged ode inspired by the 1950s standard ‘Que Sera, Sera’—a fitting companion to their earlier cover of the same song, which came as part of their first 2024 release, ‘You’re So Impatient.’
“The closing track of the record is based on the song ‘Que Sera, Sera’, a standard written in the 1950s. We originally did a version of it for a television programme about not zombies but monster sci-fi creatures. So we thought ‘How can we make this fit into this sci-fi monster setting?’ I did not know that this was going to end up on the record. But then when our producer Tom Dalgety went to mix the record, he stuck it on, and it was the perfect closing credits to a record called ‘The Night the Zombies Came’.” – Black Francis
Counting their 1987 mini-LP Come On Pilgrim, this is the band’s tenth album and their first new music since 2022’s Doggerel. Early reviews are already glowing, with MOJO calling them “the most thrillingly deathly of bands” and celebrating their ability to remain vital after decades of redefining alternative rock.
Stream the new album HERE.
For their new album, Pixies reunited with longtime collaborator Tom Dalgety, whom drummer David Lovering now calls “a fifth Pixie.” Dalgety, who shaped the sound of Head Carrier (2016), Beneath the Eyrie (2019), and Doggerel (2022), returned to the producer’s chair at Guilford Sound in Vermont.
The album also marks the arrival of bassist Emma Richardson from Band of Skulls—the first Brit to join the Pixies lineup. Meanwhile, guitarist Joey Santiago steps further into the spotlight, building on his lyrical debut in Doggerel. Santiago wrote the lyrics to Hypnotised in the form of a sestina, a complex poetic riddle that hints at the band’s ongoing ambition to bend conventions, even in their most chaotic moments.
Pixies will also return to the road next year with a 20-date headline tour through the UK and Europe in April and May. The tour features nine UK stops, highlighted by two nights at the iconic O2 Academy Brixton—promising to be a mix of new sounds and timeless chaos.
Pixies will head for New Zealand and Australia in November 2024 for stadium gigs with Pearl Jam, closing a monumental year for one of the world’s most influential, revered, and deeply adored bands.
2024 Australia and New Zealand Tour w/ Pearl Jam
November 8 – Go Media Stadium Mt Smart, Auckland, New Zealand
November 10 – Go Media Stadium Mt Smart, Auckland, New Zealand
November 13 – Heritage Bank Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia
November 16 – Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia
November 18 – Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia
November 21 – Giants Stadium, Sydney, Australia
November 23 – Giants Stadium, Sydney, Australia
For Ticket Information go HERE.
2025 UK and European Headline Tour
April 25th – TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht [SOLD OUT]
April 26th – Lotto Arena, Antwerp
April 28th – Oosterport, Groningen [SOLD OUT]
April 29th – 013, Tilburg
May 1st – Tempodrom, Berlin
May 2nd – Palladium, Cologne
May 3rd – TonHalle, Munich
May 6th – Arkea Arena, Bordeaux
May 7th – Zenith, Nantes
May 9th – Palacio de los Deportes de Granada, Granada
May 10th – Sagres Campo Pequeno, Lisbon
May 13th – P&J Arena, Aberdeen
May 14th – O2 Academy, Edinburgh [SOLD OUT]
May 16th – O2 Academy Brixton, London
May 17th – O2 Academy Brixton, London [SOLD OUT]
May 19th – O2 Academy, Leeds
May 20th – O2 Academy Birmingham
May 21st – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
May 23rd – O2 City Hall Newcastle [SOLD OUT]
May 24th – O2 Apollo, Manchester [SOLD OUT]
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