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If it wasn’t for making lists and the Pixies… we would be out of business. In what has become standard operating procedure, the Pixies released new music in the form of EP-2, early this morning on their website. The 4-song EP features two tracks the showed up on setlists last Fall, “Blue Eyed Hexe” and “Greens and Blues.”

Frontman Frank Black suggests that the “Greens and Blues” is the spiritual successor to the classic tune ‘Gigantic” from 1988’s Surfer Rosa. Here is what Mr. Black had to say:

“It was my attempt to come up with another song that would – musically, emotionally and psychologically – sit in the same place that ‘Gigantic’ has sat,” he says. “Not that I could ever replace that song: you write songs and they come out the way they come out. So perhaps it can be said that this song fills the emotional niche that ‘Gigantic’ occupied, another show-closer. I think the lyric alludes to that, the fact that it’s the end of the night, the end of something. And a separation if you will, between the band and the audience. So I guess it’s kind of a goodbye song, or really more of a ‘good night’ song.”

In similar fashion to EP-1, the band is making EP-2 available in a few different fun bundles. The limited edition 10-inch vinyl is available for 18 bucks, or you can throw in a patch-stitched hoodie for 60 bucks. For those that like things simple… the EP can be downloaded for four dollars U.S.
Visit the website for details.

The band also shared a new video for the AC/DC-esque track “Blue Eyed Hexe” (watch below). Amazingly, they found time for all of this between dealing with Shattuck-gate, and bringing recently hired bassist New Paz up to speed prior to kicking off their North American tour January 15 in Toronto.

See you in Phoenix February 24.

Watch “Blue Eyed Hexe” here:

Pixies Ep-2 Tracklist
1. Blue Eyed Hexe
2. Magdalena
3. Greens and Blues
4. Snakes

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