Pixies announce new album ‘The Night The Zombies Came’ with haunting single ‘Chicken’

Pixies have announced their new album ‘The Night The Zombies Came’ and shared their haunting new single ‘Chicken’. Check it out below.

‘The Night The Zombies Came’ marks the band’s 10th album – including their classic 1987 4AD mini-LP ‘Come On Pilgrim’ – and also marks their first new music since 2022’s ‘Doggerel’. A press release shared that the 13-track LP is Pixies’ most cinematic record of their career as of yet.

It is set for release on October 25 via BMG. You can pre-order / pre-save it here.

Speaking about the LP in a press release, Pixies frontman Black Francis said: “Fragments that are related and juxtaposed with other fragments in other songs. And in a collection of songs in a so-called LP, you end up making a kind of movie.”

Along with the announcement of the LP, the band have shared ‘Chicken’. “Sometimes I feel like a chicken, pecking my way through the trees, when something aloft cuts my head right off, now I’m dealing with decapitation,” sings Black Francis. Elsewhere in the song, Francis describes feeling like an actor in Zombie movies, while guitarist Joey Santiago provides a sharp and haunting lead guitar part throughout the track.

‘The Night The Zombies Came’ will also feature the band’s previously released song ‘You’re So Impatient‘. The band teamed up with their longtime collaborator, producer Tom Dalgety, for the LP. The creation of the album also saw Pixies welcome new bass player Emma Richardson (Band Of Skulls) to the line-up, making her the first British band member to join the group.

‘The Night The Zombies Came’ Tracklist is:

1. ‘Primrose’
2. ‘You’re So Impatient’
3. ‘Jane (The Night the Zombies Came)’
4. ‘Chicken’
5. ‘Hypnotised’
6. ‘Johnny Good Man’
7. ‘Motoroller’
8. ‘I Hear You Mary’
9. ‘Oyster Beds’
10. ‘Mercy Me’
11. ‘Ernest Evans’
12. ‘Kings of the Prairie’
13. ‘The Vegas Suite’

2024 marks 35 years since the band’s second album ‘Doolittle’ entered the UK Top 10 and 20 since they reformed.

The band are set to return to the UK in August for a string of headlining dates as well as various festival performances including London’s All Points East and Victorious Festival.

Pixies will also be heading down under with Pearl Jam later this autumn for a string of show dates in New Zealand and Australia. Visit here to purchase tickets for their UK tour. Check out a full list of dates below.

Pixies 2024 EU, UK and Australia tour dates are: 

JULY
24 – Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain [SOLD OUT]
26 – Low Festival, Benidorm, Spain [FESTIVAL]
28 – Noches Del Botánico, Madrid, Spain[SOLD OUT]
30 – Lété Au Chateau, Provence, France [SOLD OUT]

AUGUST
1 – OpenLucht Theater Goffert, Nijmegen, Netherlands [SOLD OUT]
2 – OpenLucht Theater Goffert, Nijmegen, Netherlands [SOLD OUT]
4 – Ronquieres Festival, Braine-le-Comte, Belgium [FESTIVAL]
5 – Lokerse Feesten, Lokeren, Belgium [FESTIVAL]
7 – Den Atelier, Luxembourg [SOLD OUT]
8 – Musik Im Park, Schwetzingen, Germany
10 – Forum Karlin, Prague, Czech Republic [SOLD OUT]
13 – House of Culture, Helsinki, Finland [SOLD OUT]
14 – House of Culture, Helsinki, Finland [SOLD OUT]
16 – Parkenfestivalen, Bodø, Norway [FESTIVAL]
17 – Stereo Festival, Trondheim, Norway [FESTIVAL]
20 – Academy, Glasgow, UK [SOLD OUT]
21 – Piece Hall, Halifax, UK [SOLD OUT]
23 – All Points East, London, UK [FESTIVAL]
24 – Victorious Festival, Portsmouth, UK [FESTIVAL]
27 – Galway Airport, Galway, Ireland
28 – Custom House Square, Belfast, UK [SOLD OUT]
29 – RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin, Ireland

NOVEMBER
8 – Go Media Stadium Mt Smart, Auckland, New Zealand [SOLD OUT]
10 – Go Media Stadium Mt Smart, Auckland, New Zealand
13 – Heritage Bank Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia [SOLD OUT]
16 – Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia [SOLD OUT]
18 – Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia
21 – Giants Stadium, Sydney, Australia [SOLD OUT]
23 – Giants Stadium, Sydney, Australia