Beneath The Eyrie

Pixies recorded Beneath the Eyrie with Tom Dalgety at Dreamland, a converted church in upstate New York. Black Francis fills the songs with strange characters and uneasy stories, while Joey Santiago’s guitar supplies sharp interruptions and hovering atmosphere.

“On Graveyard Hill” makes the record’s gothic streak explicit. Paz Lenchantin and David Lovering keep the rhythms grounded as the songs move between compact rock forms and more spacious passages.