Seemingly taking a break from loud-quiet-loud, The Pixies’ new track ‘Greens and Blues’ is a mellow track more suitable to unwind to on the couch than in the mosh pit. The nostalgic fan might get teary eyed remembering Black Francis screaming ‘then god is seeeveeen’ or ‘debaseeeer’ and call the track bland, but as a new discovery the song is more than worth a couple of listens — it is a Pixies track after all. After replacing their original bassist Kim Deal with Kim Shattuck of The Muffs and then with Paz Lenchantin (she has played with Zwan, A Perfect Circle and The Entrance Band) for their 2014 tour, ‘Greens and Blues’ is the third track of their most recent release EP2 following 2013’s EP1.
Words: Christine Hogg