Pixies have released four archive recordings from 1987–1991 on streaming platforms for the first time. Previously available on bonus vinyl singles, the tracks include an early Steve Albini recording of Dig for Fire. The release also contains Punk Loop, a band version of Brackish Boy and the Black Francis–Kim Deal composition Go Man Go.
Rock band Pixies has brought four recordings from 1987–1991 to streaming services for the first time. The material had previously accompanied remastered editions of Bossanova and Trompe le Monde on two bonus singles. The digital release contains Dig for Fire, Punk Loop, Brackish Boy and Go Man Go, drawn from work that preceded or accompanied the band’s albums of that period.[1], [2]
The Dig for Fire recording was made with producer Steve Albini in late 1987 during sessions for Surfer Rosa. Pixies later changed the song before releasing it on Bossanova nearly three years afterward. Punk Loop comes from a different session: it was taped in 1991 while the band was working on Trompe le Monde. The jam remained outside the album’s final running order.[1]
Brackish Boy began as a Pixies song before Black Francis recorded it again for his 1993 solo debut. The band performance now released was mastered from the original session tape without post-production. Black Francis and Kim Deal wrote Go Man Go; versions were recorded around Pixies’ Bossanova and the Breeders’ Last Splash sessions, but it appeared on neither album. The Breeders later included the song on the 2023 anniversary reissue of Last Splash.[1]
