A recent interview with BBC 6 Music has seen Foo Fighters vocalist/guitarist Dave Grohl heap praise on Pixies‘ gold-certified 1988 sophomore album “Surfer Rosa“. Grohl was quoted as saying of that effort [transcribed by theprp.com]:
“I have a lot of records that I think are perfect records, but one that comes to mind is Pixies‘ ‘Surfer Rosa‘. I love that record so much for a lot of reasons. One: that it was produced by the almighty Steve Albini. And it was maybe the first album to become popular and showcase his incredible engineering sonic technique.”
“Charles, the singer of the Pixies, was an amazing lyricist. His lyrics were just… they kind of teetered back and forth from abstract intellectual to things that just sounded so absurd and almost like, dumb in a way.”
His voice and Kim Deal — the bassist — their two voices together, it was just such a wonderful blend. And it was unusual at the time. They really did sort of coin this specific dynamic and the simplicity of it was really powerful. So that record I’ve probably listened to 10,000 times, and I still love it. I could still listen to it every day.”
Nirvana would later go on to recruit Steve Albini to oversee the recording of their final studio album “In Utero“. In related news, Foo Fighters have newly announced that they’ll be bringing their ‘Take Cover Tour‘ to the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT on October 04th. Tickets will be available this Friday, July 10th at 10:00am EST.
