More New Pixies Material Incoming?
After the furore surrounding the internet-only release of their first new material in thirteen years, ‘Bam Thwok’, Pixies frontman Frank Black hasn’t ruled out the idea of writing more new songs.
Speaking in a new interview, Black has reiterated his claims that while he’s in no hurry to record an album of new Pixies material (and his loathing of record companies remains) the idea can’t be ruled out.
“I think we're aware of the fact that the material would have to be creme de la crème." he explained to Rolling Stone, “But we're not really in a rush to go there yet for a few different reasons: we're in the middle of doing a tour, we've got to write some good songs, and the record business being what it is right now it's not like we can sell millions and millions of records.
“We were putting out records when the radio world
was a lot friendlier to quirky music than it is now. Right now, record companies are shitting in their boots.”
The reaction to the release of ‘Bam Thwok’ was universally positive, and Black went on to explain that the song definitely wasn’t a one-off, with the band still considering releasing more material online.
“Without even thinking about it, we've done two songs this year, just kind of fit them in our schedule from outside requests.” He continued, “Maybe we'll get a little bored and try to record another song or two just to have in our back pocket. It seems there are a lot of opportunities now to release your own music, and that could be more interesting than "Here is our next grand LP statement."
Pixies are currently on a tour of North America.
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