Pixies Unearth Four Archival Tracks, Including Steve Albini Version of “Dig for Fire”

Pixies have cracked open the vault, releasing four previously unearthed songs from the late ’80s and early ’90s on streaming services for the first time. The collection includes an early Steve Albini-recorded version of “Dig for Fire,” along with “Go Man Go,” “Brackish Boy,” and “Punk Loop.” The tracks previously surfaced last month on bonus 7-inches packaged with limited Dinked International editions of the band’s newly remastered Bossanova and Trompe le Monde, but are now widely available digitally. Get Pixies Tickets Here Perhaps most notable is “Dig for Fire (Albini Version),” recorded in late 1987 during the sessions for Surfer Rosa. The rougher early take predates the version that ended up on 1990’s Bossanova by nearly three years. “Go Man Go,” interestingly, has an especially tangled history. Co-written by Black Francis and Kim Deal, the song was recorded by both Pixies during the Bossanova sessions and The Breeders around the making of Last Splash, but neither version made its respective album. The Breeders’ recording circulated on a bootleg demo and occasionally appeared live before its master was rediscovered and officially released with the 30th anniversary edition of La...