"Trompe Le Monde" is a venture into a more produced, more "sci-fi" sound (Frank also took the sci-fi with him for his first 2 solo releases). It is frankly, for me, the best Pixies, or Frank Black writing ever released. This album is worth the money alone for the track "Letter to Memphis"/5().

Label: 4AD - GAD CD • Format: CD Album, Reissue • Country: US • Genre: Rock • Style: Alternative Rock Pixies - Trompe Le Monde (, CD) | Discogs Explore/5(22).

Oct 17,  · In all, "Trompe Le Monde" spelled the inevitable "end of the line" - or "end of the era" for Pixies. The deserved cult status kept the loyal fanbase strong and bullding up, but judging it from a 25+ years distance, you can hear the cracks, pushes and shoves on this album 4/5().

From the hardcore squall of ’The Sad Punk’ and their exultant re-imagining of Jesus and Mary Chain’s ‘Head On’ to the aforementioned opening triptych and ‘U-Mass’ – a bona fide Pixies classic whose guitar riff was written years before at the University of Massachusetts – Trompe Le Monde’s relentless introductory ambush makes a significant challenge to Doolittle as the band.

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The album was the first release from the band in over two decades, the last being Trompe le Monde in In , the Pixies toured in support of Robert Plant for a series of dates across North America. Head Carrier and Beneath the Eyrie (–present).

Trompe Le Monde songs The pixies could make any rainy day feel like a sunny day, since there music makes you want to dance and shout, when you are feeling upset and down. The lyrics are really stupid but brilliant at the same time. A shame they spilt up.. By th_yorke (Kopenga, Sweden).

Trompe le monde, an Album by Pixies. Released 23 September on 4AD (catalog no. CAD CD; CD). Genres: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock. Featured peformers: Frank Black (vocals, guitar), Joey Santiago (lead guitar), Kim Deal (aka_text {bass guitar} role_id aka_text, vocals), David Lovering (drums), Eric Drew Feldman (keyboards, synthesizer), Jef Feldman (tabla, aka_text dumbek role_id.

The Pixies' swan song, Trompe Le Monde, remains their weakest album. Even a slightly weaker Pixies album, though, is a strong release relative to a weaker artist's, and Trompe Le Monde contains many of the band's finest songs, from Planet of Sound to Motorway to Roswell.