- rock, alternative rock
- 34 min
- 12 tracks
- Pixies Music
Head Carrier is the sixth studio album by the American alternative rock band the Pixies, released on September 30, 2016, on Pixiesmusic and PIAS. Produced by Tom Dalgety, and recorded at RAK Studios in London, the album is the first to feature new band member Paz Lenchantin on bass guitar, who joined the band in 2014 to tour in support of its previous album, Indie Cindy.
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Spare, classical in form, character-led and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
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Metacritic 64/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 5.9/10
- AllMusic3/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubC
- The Guardian2/5 ★
- The Independent3/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- NME4/5
- Pitchfork5.5/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- Uncut6/10
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Tracks
- 1Head Carrier3:37
- 2Classic Masher2:37
- 3Baal’s Back1:54
- 4Might as Well Be Gone2:48
- 5Oona3:37
- 6Talent2:11
- 7Tenement Song2:57
- 8Bel Esprit3:12
- 9All I Think About Now3:07
- 10Um Chagga Lagga3:00
- 11Plaster of Paris2:06
- 12All the Saints2:41
12 tracks, 34 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Pixies
- Label
- Pixies Music
- Released
- 2016
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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