I normally find best ofs miss some quality under-rated album tracks, but I would say wave of mutilation is a very true reflection of pixies music. Their albums are a little on the erractic side, with some poor tracks mixing amongst the classics, BUT THIS IS BEGINNING TO END BRILLIANCE. Pixies are an under-rated band with an almost underground appreciation society and when you look at the number of bands they have inspired so greatly you really begin to appreciate the unique quality in their music, they paved the way for the grunge scene and so much alt-pop and rock in the decade and a bit since their demise.
This album was released before their reunion back in 2004 as the definitive and official best of and I think it really is a good starting point to this seminal band. With the unique qualities of tracks such as 'Where is my mind' a track deemed good enough for the closing credits of modern classic Fight Club, the power of 'debaser 'and the slightly bizarre, 'Nimrods Son', there is quite an electic feel to the album. It covers surf pop, grunge, rock, pop, punk some tracks even have a latino feel. It's an album of true alternative music, that also proves it doesn't need to be about thundering guitars and just making noise.
Sure Frank Black makes some strange noises along the way but the sound of this band is so unique, it captures that diy approach of lo/fi and garage music and is edgey and raw, but not just for the sake of it.
The tracks have simple compositions and yet, everything seems to work together so well. I think the fractious inter-band relations help the frantic, almost scratchy fell of some of this music. It doesn't make you want to rebel or paint the walls black, because whilst your listening to it, you are already there, you are firmly in the realm of alternative lifestyle and culture.
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