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Sep 26, 2016Pixies’ full acceptance of the shifts in their schema only further solidify their inimitable identity. The exultant result: Head Carrier, a new classic.
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Oct 5, 2016In a cleaner, more mature, concerned-about-its-blood-pressure manner, Head Carrier revisits Pixies’ prime, primal age, melodically pumped and squaring up confidently to its admittedly formidable forebears.
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Q MagazineSep 23, 2016What makes Head Carrier work is that the Pixies see, to have rediscovered what they're great at. [Nov 2016, p.109]
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MojoSep 15, 2016A colourful, catchy and quietly impassioned record. [Oct 2016, p.90]
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MagnetOct 18, 2016A pleasant surprise. [No. 136, p.56]
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Oct 4, 2016It’s not Pixies as you’d like to remember them, but for the first time in years it sounds as if they’re actually enjoying themselves.
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Sep 30, 2016All in all, Head Carrier is a collection of lessons, experiences, sounds that exemplify the essence of fun rock ’n’ roll.
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Sep 29, 2016While it feels like Pixies are still figuring out how to continue their legacy, Head Carrier's best moments suggest they're heading in the right direction.
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Sep 26, 2016While nothing on this album will replace anything from Doolittle or Surfer Rosa in your affections, bangers such as Classic Masher and Um Chagga Lagga detonate with a palpable sense of fun that leaves you in no doubt who the authors are and that it’s a better album than Trompe La Monde.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 31 out of 46
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Mixed: 13 out of 46
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Negative: 2 out of 46
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Sep 30, 2016
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Oct 12, 2016
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Oct 12, 2016