Pixies - Trompe Le Monde [LP] (180 Gram)

Trompe le Monde is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock band Pixies, released in 1991. Trompe le Monde is the sound of a band rallying, coming together one last time to finish off their legacy with real purpose and strength. Trompe is more aggressive than anything in their catalog but also more confident. The raucous "Distance Equals Rate Times Time" and the explosive cover of the Jesus and Mary Chain's "Head On" are fairly straightforward, but the lyrics remain quirky on "Planet of Sound," a song about a Martian who lands on Earth, and "Palace of the Brine," a tribute to sea monkeys and Utah's Salt Lake. He even disses hipsters and pretentious students (basically, the Pixies' fan base) with nasty little digs like "Subbacultcha"'s "I was wearing eyeliner/She was wearing eyeliner" and "U-Mass"' "It's educational!" Musically, "Trompe le Monde"'s psychedelic sheen and "Alec Eiffel"'s atmospheric keyboards prove that the Pixies' sound wasn't defined by Steve Albini-style rawness. there's also more emotional depth "The Sad Punk" features the strangely poignant bridge "And evolving from the sea/Would not be too much time for me/To walk beside you in the sun," and "Letter to Memphis" is a heartfelt, if cryptic, love songs.