The Art of the Comeback Album

This was originally going to be my review of the latest Pixies album.  However, I decided that was a bit boring and instead I’m doing a wider look at the idea of comeback albums.  Enjoy.

The last few years has seen the idea of the comeback become a bit of a trend.  With everyone from Refused to Crazy Town deciding that maybe the world needs them after all ( we really don’t Crazy Town) it’s become clear that coming back is the new black and in conjunction with that it raises the thorny issue of the comeback album.  Some bands do one, some bands stay far away.  One band who have recently decided to do a comeback album, although they have been touring in recent years, is the Pixies.  Now I should probably say this out of the bat, I bloody love the Pixies, they are everything that a band of that genre should be and while I’m not a huge fan of that kind of music, the Pixies have a very special place in my heart and because of that I apologise for anything I say about them that sounds mean.

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