buffyleigh
5
I know this album for a long time, as my older brother was listening to this in the middle of the '90s. I remember having mix feelings about Pixies because I found it too experimental and dissonant. Apart from Where Is My Mind, I did not listen for this entire album for more than 20 years. And guess what? In the meantime I've been listening to a shitload of noisy and dissonant music, so now I love it, of course. And all hail to Kim Deal, she's hell of a bass player and the vocal harmonies between her voice and Francis' are great.
This is a great debut album and an economical 34 minutes in length. Post punk, alt-rock with a raw edge perfectly captured by the late Steve Albini’s production. There was evidently a bit of tension between the band and the producer, shown through some of the studio chatter that’s included here, but it seems to have pushed them to greater heights. Highlight is the track Vamos (Surfer Rosa) which is sung half in Spanish. Great stuff.