Pixies
"Doolittle"
4AD/Elektra
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The
unfittingly (yet completely fittingly) named Pixies are
considered one of the most important bands in indie rock
history. When faces with their music for the first time, a
listener is often baffled by them - their experimental minor key
melodies don't always settle right upon first exposure. However,
the dark atmosphere and choruses quickly grow on you, and you soon
find yourself humming the songs on your daily commute.
Tracks like "I Bleed" and "Hey" rapidly take
over your brainspace and you notice that you're listening to them more
and more each day. Even years after hearing them, you still
remember the melodies of "Wave of Mutilation" and
"Gouge Away." And the opener, "Debaser",
still seems as potent as it did in 1989. Over a decade old and
still as wonderful as ever, Doolittle has had such a strong
influence on today's indie rock scene that it would be hard to imagine
how we would have survived without it.
Matt Shimmer [Doolittle
was originally released in 1989] |
