Black Francis
Artist Website: blackfrancis.net
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Bluefinger
It's impossible to divorce Black Francis (or Frank Black) from the Pixies and vice versa. There are a few tracks on this album that sound very Pixies-ish, but more that sound like Black's solo stuff, which dials down the electric guitar and steers more in the acoustic (but still rockin') approach. Despite writing songs about heroin, loneliness and chicks who've done him wrong, there's still an ultimate sunniness behind all of his music that just makes me happy. I'm especially a big fan of the poppier stuff like “Your Mouth Into Mine” (which, coming from a man of Black's stature is kinda vomit-inducing) and “Lolita.” The man can write a catchy tune like few others.

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Black Francis is such a freak! No but really, listen to the first song on this EP, "The Seus," with its bizarro sing/rap/talk thing and you just know you're in for a fun ride straight from the mind that brought you years of good Pixies fun. This doesn't sound much at all like his Frank Black solo stuff, but really does sound more like mid-career Pixies. Perhaps the reunion tour reinvigorated his punkness.


Musical Connections:
Frank Black
Pixies
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