Pixies have announced a new album, 'The Night the Zombies Came'

They've also shared a new single that's (kind of) about a decapitated chicken.

Pixies have announced their tenth studio album, 'The Night the Zombies Came'.

Set for release on 25th October via BMG, the new record marks the band's first release since 2022's 'Doggerel' and features 13 new tracks.

Songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Black Francis describes the album as cinematic, saying, "Fragments that are related and juxtaposed with other fragments in other songs. And in a collection of songs in a so-called LP, you end up making a kind of movie."

The album's themes range from Druidism and apocalyptic shopping malls to mediaeval-themed restaurants and 12th-century poetic forms. The band have also released a new song, 'Chicken'.

The full tracklisting for 'The Night the Zombies Came' is as follows:

1 Primrose
2 You're So Impatient
3 Jane (The Night the Zombies Came)
4 Chicken
5 Hypnotised
6 Johnny Good Man
7 Motoroller
8 I Hear You Mary
9 Oyster Beds
10 Mercy Me
11 Ernest Evans
12 Kings of the Prairie
13 The Vegas Suite

The announcement comes amid a busy touring schedule for Pixies; the band will return to the UK and Ireland in August.

AUGUST
20 Academy, Glasgow, UK [SOLD OUT]
21 Piece Hall, Halifax, UK [SOLD OUT]
23 All Points East, London, UK [FESTIVAL]
24 Victorious Festival, Portsmouth, UK [FESTIVAL]
27 Galway Airport, Galway, Ireland
28 Custom House Square, Belfast, UK [SOLD OUT]
29 RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin, Ireland