PIXIES release new single ‘VAULT OF HEAVEN’

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Mixing dusky, Morricone-style desert noir atmospherics with a chiming, melodic guitar motif, ‘Vault of Heaven’ also takes a leftfield turn as flourishes of female backing vocals provide an almost hymnal touch. Black Francis’s lyrics combine elements that are both abstract and everyday in a surrealist narrative, in which the protagonist aims for salvation but only ends up falling flat on his face.

‘Vault of Heaven’ is released alongside an official video which brings its absurdist tale to life. It begins with a semi-clothed Zorro-esque figure who is heading into Los Angeles on the back of a toy horse. He arrives at a 7-Eleven, where things get stranger still with the help of bizarre Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe lookalikes. The visual was directed by the filmmaker and musician Charles Derenne.

As we’ve heard from both ‘Vault of Heaven’ and ‘There’s A Moon On’, ‘Doggerel’ is a mature yet visceral record of gruesome folk, ballroom pop and brutal rock. Its stories are haunted by the ghosts of affairs and indulgences, driven wild by cosmic forces and envisioning digital afterlives where no God has provided one. Pixies – completed by Joey Santiago (guitar), Paz Lanchantin (bass) and David Lovering (drums) – recorded the album with producer Tom Dalgety (Royal Blood, Ghost) in Vermont.

‘Doggerel’ is available to pre-order HERE. The band’s official store offers a range of physical product, merch and bundles as well as two exclusive formats: an orange vinyl and a red cassette. 

Australia is set to be one of the first countries to hear songs from ‘Doggerel’ live with Pixies returning in 2022 for their mammoth – Come On Pilgrim… It’s Surfer Rosa tour. The tour will bear witness to both seminal albums being performed in full – plus new and old tracks spanning their extensive catalogue.

Fans had better get in quick with most shows sold out and only a handful of tickets remaining for Sydney Opera House Forecourt, Sunday 4^th December and Fremantle Arts Centre, Sunday 11^th December.

Pixies
Come On Pilgrim… It’s Surfer Rosa
Australia 2022
Presented by Live Nation

BRISBANE       Fortitude Music Hall, Friday 2^nd December SOLD OUT
SYDNEY          Sydney Opera House Forecourt, Saturday 3^rd December SOLD OUT
SYDNEY          Sydney Opera House Forecourt, Sunday 4^th December **TICKETS AVAILABLE**
MELBOURNE   Forum, Tuesday 6^th December SOLD OUT
MELBOURNE   Forum, Wednesday 7^th December SOLD OUT
ADELAIDE       Thebarton Theatre, Thursday 8^th December SOLD OUT
PERTH             Fremantle Arts Centre, Saturday 10^th December SOLD OUT
PERTH             Fremantle Arts Centre, Sunday 11^th December **TICKETS AVAILABLE**

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