Pixies have announced reissues for their albums ‘Bossanova’ and ‘Trompe Le Monde’, with unreleased new tracks.
The Boston indie legends are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, and have already announced a reissue for their ‘Complete B-Sides: 1988-97′ compilation album, which will be out on June 26 and can be pre-ordered here.
The band are currently on a UK and European tour this summer, details of which you can find below, and now they have confirmed that their third and fourth albums will be getting the full reissue treatment too.
1990’s ’Bossanova’ and 1991’s ‘Trompe Le Monde’ have been remastered by Kevin Vanbergen, who has been working through the band’s tape archive to create new Dolby Atmos mixes and high-resolution masters.
For the first time, four new tracks will be released – ‘Go Man Go’, ‘Brackish Boy’, ‘Punk Loop’ and an alternate version of ‘Dig For Fire’ recorded by Steve Albini in late 1987 during the sessions for ‘Surfer Rosa’.
‘Go Man Go’ was written by Black Francis and Kim Deal and was recorded in the sessions for both ‘Bossanova’ and The Breeders’ ‘Last Splash’ but did not make the cut for either, while ‘Brackish Boy’ was later included on Frank Black’s eponymous debut solo album. ‘Punk Loop’ emerged from the 1991 ‘Trompe Le Monde’ sessions.
The reissues will be available on CD, digital and standard black vinyl formats, as well as a limited-edition oxblood vinyl package for ‘Bossanova’, with a 16-page, 10” replica of the original UK booklet, and a sky blue vinyl for ‘Trompe Le Monde’. Both will come with 7” singles containing the bonus tracks. Pre-order each format here.
Pixies’ UK and European headline tour is already underway, with dates still to come in Germany, Italy, Netherlands and more. See all of the dates here and find any remaining tickets here.
Later this month, they will play a huge UK outdoor gig at On The Mount at Wasing, while festival dates include a headlining slot at Bearded Theory, an appearance at NOS Alive in Portugal, and a spot at the 10th anniversary edition of Mad Cool in Madrid. Find tickets here.
Their ninth and latest studio album, ‘The Night The Zombies Came’, was released in 2024. Speaking to NME around that time, the group discussed the possibility of performing more of their classic albums in full on tour after doing so with ‘Trompe le Monde’ and ‘Bossanova’.
“As a fan, I love those things,” said Joey Santiago. “We went to ‘Aja’, the Steely Dan show. It’s incredible knowing that it’s going to be all of ‘Aja’ and right behind me were all the drummers – Danny [Carey] from Tool, Josh Freese, Pat Wilson were all behind me watching it.
“I’m just saying Steely Dan’s cool…The only thing about doing it in order is that Charles and I have to switch guitars. So there’s a lot of that going on, so it disrupts the show a little bit. But we like doing it.”
