Supposedly the reason the Pixies broke up in the first place is Frank Black wouldn’t let Kim Deal’s songs go on the albums. After downloading Bam Thwok from iTunes, I can kind of understand why. I mean, I guess, musically, it’s not bad. Joey Santiago rockin’ out as he normally does, and Frank does a respectable job with the backing vocals. But egad, Kim can’t sing anymore, not that she was that great as a lead before. Frank like needs to send her to whereever he took vocal lessons between “Pistolero” and “Dog in the Sand.”
I’m hoping the rest of the album is Frank’s stuff — with the exception of “Cult of Ray,” I haven’t ever been disappointed by one of his solo albums. “Frank Black” and “Dog in the Sand” are fucking genius.
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