NEWS ARTISTS RELEASES LIVE VIDEOS SESSIONS FOREWORD STORE CODE OF CONDUCT MY CART LOGIN / REGISTER Pixies: 'Trompe Le Monde - 30th Anniversary Edition' 24th September 2021 BUY NOW FROM THE 4AD STORE: LP ADD TO CART Available on limited marbled green vinyl For its 30th anniversary, Pixies 1991 album, Trompe Le Monde, is being reissued on limited marbled green vinyl, out 24th September 2021. Trompe Le Monde bookended a golden run of landmark records - a mini-album followed by four albums, released in quick succession - that cemented Pixies as one of the best for a generation. Translated from French to mean "fool the world," Trompe Le Monde showed the band still restless to push their sound forward. Recorded between Burbank, Paris, and London, with producer Gil Norton again at the controls, their fourth album is arguably their most playful, with Black Francis' lyrics on UFOs and conspiracy theories keeping things weird while power pop creeps in to amplify the space rock established on predecessor Bossanova. Featuring singles 'Planet of Sound', 'Alec Eiffel', 'Letter to Memphis', and a flawless cover of The Jesus and Mary Chain's 'Head On', Trompe Le Monde goes full throttle with 15 tracks coming in a quickfire 40-minute salvo. Receiving critical praise at the time and being supported by a huge tour that included playing stadiums with U2, it also proved to be the end of act one for the band, with them taking over a decade before returning to the stage together. A brilliant record, Trompe Le Monde sounds just as fresh 30 years on with outlets such as Pitchfork concurring, retrospectively scoring it 9.3, they called it "more aggressive than anything in their catalog but also more confident. They can handle this now, and they do." Formats: LP A1. Trompe Le Monde A2. Planet of Sound A3. Alec Eiffel A4. The Sad Punk A5. Head On A6. U-Mass A7. Palace of the Brine A8. Letter to Memphis B1. Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons B2. Space (I Believe In) B3. Subbacultcha B4. Distance Equals Rate Times Time B5. Lovely Day B6. Motorway to Roswell B7. The Navajo Know YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE Trompe Le Monde by Pixies MORE INFO Doolittle 25: B-Sides, Peel Sessions And Demos by Pixies MORE INFO Doolittle by Pixies MORE INFO Bossanova by Pixies MORE INFO Surfer Rosa & Come On Pilgrim by Pixies MORE INFO CURRENT ARTISTS Adrianne Lenker Aldous Harding Anjimile Atlas Sound Becky and the Birds Beirut Big Thief Bing & Ruth D.D Dumbo Daughter Deerhunter Dry Cleaning Erika de Casier Ex:Re Future Islands Gang Gang Dance Gene Clark HAWA Helado Negro Holly Herndon Jenny Hval Lucinda Chua Maria Somerville Scott Walker SOHN Spencer. The Breeders The Lemon Twigs The National Tkay Maidza Tune-Yards U.S. Girls Velvet Negroni MISCELLANEOUS Contact Jobs Credits 4ad@4ad.com PRIVACY Privacy Policy Cookie Policy