The Pixies aren’t back, they’re still around after their split between 1993 and 2004: the influential band led by Black Francis has been releasing albums regularly since 2014. The seventh BENEATH THE EYRIE was released in 2019, the successor is now in the starting blocks: DOGGEREL is scheduled for release on September 30, 2022. With “There’s A Moon On” and “Vault Of Heaven” they already released two new songs, now a third follows with “Dregs Of The Wine”. Hear it streamed here.
“Dregs Of The Wine” was co-written by guitarist Joey Santiago. He says about it: “I guess I was in kind of a zombie state, just playing. After I stopped playing, I put it down and went, ‘Well, that was a fucking waste of time, what a piece of shit I am.’ I beat myself up a lot, but my girlfriend, unknown to me, was recording me. She played it back to me, and I go, ‘Fuck! Hold on a second here! This stuff is good!’”
Singer Black Francis adds: “The song is about living in Los Angeles in the ’90s with my then-wife, hanging out with Joey and his ex-wife, lots of trips to Las Vegas, a lot of drinking, little bit drug taking, some genuine good times .”
For the youngsters among you, or even the older ones who almost forgot why the Pixies are so legendary, let’s remember their biggest and most covered hit “Where Is My Mind?” from 1988: