The Night the Zombies Came

Rock · 2024 · 13 tracks · 39m

The Night the Zombies Came

A collection of gothic surf-rock and surrealist folk. Polished yet eerie, it trades raw noise for melodic mystery and cinematic, late-night atmospheres.

It's the Pixies doing a spooky, surf-rock concept album about zombies and druids, and it actually works.

A sophisticated, gothic-tinged surf-rock journey that balances eerie surrealism with melodic warmth.

The Night the Zombies Came · vs · Pixies

Mysterious+2.0σ

Mysterious saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 39m

01

Primrose

2:35

02

You’re So Impatient

2:09

03

Jane (The Night the Zombies Came)

2:52

04

Chicken

4:23

05

Hypnotised

3:05

06

Johnny Good Man

3:28

07

Motoroller

2:42

08

I Hear You Mary

3:14

09

Oyster Beds

2:10

10

Mercy Me

3:55

11

Ernest Evans

2:42

12

Kings of the Prairie

2:55

13

The Vegas Suite

3:44

Moments Worth Waiting For

The sudden shift into a heavy, stomping groove on 'Oyster Beds' that recalls the band's early punk ferocity.

The interlocking vocal harmonies between Black Francis and Emma Richardson on 'Jane' that create a haunting, spectral pop hook.

The slow, cinematic build of 'The Vegas Suite' which closes the album with an uncharacteristic sense of grand, theatrical finality.

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