\nCome On Pilgrim<\/i> landed the Pixies on the map of the college
\nrock world, but
\nSurfer Rosa<\/i> proclaimed that a new sheriff was in town and
\nwas going to take rock in a whole different direction.<\/p>\n
Rarely has a band been able to juggle so many big ideas into one
\ncohesive unit: lyrics about sci-fi, sadism, spaghetti-western tales
\nof vengeance over a backdrop of punk, pop and rockabilly surf rock.
\nBut the Pixies were able to weave this mess into pop gold. Praised
\nas a landmark album,
\nSurfer Rosa<\/i> logs in at barely over 30 minutes.<\/p>\n
The duo guitar assault of Black Francis and Joey Santiago
\ncombined punk, straightforward rock and even elements of rockabilly
\nand Tex-mex. Kim Deal’s bass provided the sturdy backbone and David
\nLovering’s pristine drumming turned tunes like “Broken Face” and
\n“Something Against You” into three-minute blitzes. The more mellow
\ntunes were no less powerful, and are the most recognized tracks on
\nthe album: “Gigantic” and “Where Is My Mind?”<\/p>\n
\nSurfer Rosa<\/i> is given a splatterhouse production sheen by
\nSteve Albini. Albini, known for his stripped, lacerating
\nproduction, can’t mask Thompson’s obvious love of a great Beach
\nBoys-like guitar hook. Still, there’s plenty of anarchism going on
\nin
\nSurfer Rosa<\/i>, most notably Deal’s scattered, spoken-word
\nstory about field hockey player lust.<\/p>\n
If anything divides Pixies fans, it’s the
\nDoolittle<\/i> vs.
\nSurfer Rosa<\/i> debate. Much like how fans debate early Beatles
\nvs. late-era Beatles, some fans categorize themselves as
\nSurfer Rosa<\/i> fans and some categorize themselves as
\nDoolittle<\/i> fans.
\nDoolittle<\/i> represents a warmer, hook-friendly Pixies
\n(courtesy of Gil Norton’s production) and
\nSurfer Rosa<\/i>‘s anarchic fun. Do yourself a favor and pick up
\nboth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":26840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6884],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-38128","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-pixies","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38128"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}