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8.0
64779
8.0 |
The Irish Times
The skewed pop melodies and twisted riffs are there on Greens and Blues, Magdalena 318, Snakes and Blue Eyed Hexe
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8.0
64782
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
Thankfully, Pixies have remembered that madness, perversity and edginess are what made them great in the first place
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8.0
64971
8.0 |
Entertainment.ie
This is more than we could have reasonably hoped for, a chance to journey once again through the wonderfully weird and weirdly wonderful world of Pixies Rock
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8.0
64991
8.0 |
DIY
A very good album, with plenty for Pixies fans to get excited about
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8.0
64993
8.0 |
Evening Standard
A rather cunning mixture of ear-bleeding ferocity and the sweetest of melodies
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8.0
65188
8.0 |
Digital Spy
Deal or No Deal, the Pixies still have it
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7.0
65193
7.0 |
Beardfood
It's not as barnstorming as their previous offerings, but it's extremely enjoyable and full of flavor
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7.0
65098
7.0 |
NME
For a band that are now ostensibly a touring entity, the measure of its songs is whether you’d want to hear them being played at, say, Field Day this summer. Slipped between their classics, they’ll do just fine
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7.0
64898
7.0 |
The Music
While irrefutably imperfect, Indie Cindy remains a welcome addition to an inimitable canon, and (hopefully) a signifier of fine things to come
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6.0
64925
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
There are worse things in life than being the fifth-best Pixies album. So I guess we'll just leave it that and say no more
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6.0
64937
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
The chugger-chugger rhythm combines with plenty of volume and feedback and suggests a band that isn’t just going through the motions
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6.0
64989
6.0 |
The Quietus
Chances are that after the initial thrill has gone, you'll be reaching for Indie Cindy less frequently than Surfer Rosa and Doolittle, more than Trompe Le Monde and about the same as Bossanova
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6.0
64783
6.0 |
Time Out
The whole thing sounds a lot like frontman Black Francis’s (aka Frank Black’s) solo albums
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6.0
64784
6.0 |
Clash
It’s occasionally excellent, more often okay
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6.0
64785
6.0 |
Mojo
Some of these 12 songs favourably evoke previous work. Print edition only
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6.0
64880
6.0 |
musicOMH
By no means a poor record, if this was a release by a new band, we’d be celebrating the finer moments for the quality they have, not the magic that they don’t
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6.0
64778
6.0 |
The Guardian
Pixies no longer seem a little strange, or in need of excuse. They seem like a really pretty good alt-rock band, better than the vast majority of the competition
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6.0
64781
6.0 |
FasterLouder
It’s no coincidence that Indie Cindy is at its best when Joey Santiago cuts loose with his guitar
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6.0
65101
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
It's the ballads, rather than the overly shtick-laden rockers, that truly evoke the Pixies
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6.0
65106
6.0 |
Art Rocker
The LP clings to the sounds that – most of – the band treasured in their heyday
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6.0
64997
6.0 |
The Independent
The overall impression is akin to a guided tour of Pixieland, a smartened-up heritage centre approved by Health & Safety
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6.0
64969
6.0 |
The Skinny
Neatly fits into the Boston legends’ canon – in many ways the natural follow-up (after a mere twenty-odd years) to the experimental sound of their last studio album, Trompe le Monde
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6.0
65082
6.0 |
Q
There's nothing embarrassing but nothing to make the spine shiver either. Print edition only
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5.5
64780
5.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The fire has been extinguished, most power diminished. It’s a damn shame
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5.0
65183
5.0 |
PopMatters
It’s not an outright assault on their legacy, but neither is it an addition that will come anywhere close to their established oeuvre
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5.0
65279
5.0 |
No Ripcord
Indie Cindy does have some redeemable qualities in its last half
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5.0
65589
5.0 |
Fact
Indie Cindy plays just like one of Black’s solo efforts, but with better session players: good, yes, but never great
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5.0
67812
5.0 |
Under The Radar
Songs such as "Andro Queen" and "What Goes Boom" show some ambition, but nothing that pushes the band forward
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5.0
65058
5.0 |
The 405
Even given the mixed results it's good to have them back. Listen without expecting the impossible and you'll find ample to enjoy
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4.2
65190
4.2 |
Consequence Of Sound
Indie Cindy feels like paint-by-numbers
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4.0
65001
4.0 |
The Observer
Perhaps the most salient fact of all about this Pixies album is that it combines their three recent EPs without any new, unreleased material. It's a craven cash-in
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4.0
64890
4.0 |
The Digital Fix
This is a stinker
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4.0
64995
4.0 |
The FT
The fake Kim Deal backing vocals on “Bagboy” are a cheap shot
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4.0
64958
4.0 |
Uncut
Ostensibly another batch of Black Francis solo songs. Print edition only
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3.5
65134
3.5 |
Paste Magazine
What makes Indie Cindy so egregious, so much worse than a simply bad album, is how much better it could have been
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2.5
64962
2.5 |
Pitchfork
Things start decent and peter out quick
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