I feel like this album is closing a cycle for Pixies, started with Surfer Rosa. They refined their sound, somewhat made it more accessible (less experimentation and noisy bits than there were in the past), they master their recipe with the succession of loud/quiet moments.
I’ve always thought that Pixies were sort of the evil goblin godfathers of grunge and hard to get into, but this album actually turns out to feel more like a 60s garage/surf guitar record and is quite a lot of fun. I mostly enjoyed listening to this, but I was slightly disappointed that they didn’t include at least one proper bossanova track.