Pixies
Come On Pilgrim
a vinyl reissue remastered from original tapes 'come on pilgrim' was a cutandpaste job from their impressive demo tape known as the purple tape paid for black francis' dad this 8 track 20 minute mini album was first released in 1987 and was a perfect glimpse of the the spooky theatrical vision the group brought to their simple guitarbassdrums lineup francis' unearthly shriek of a voice david lovering's propulsive drumming joey santiago's insistent prickly guitar playing and kim deal's sugarandsandpaper vocals and steady bass lines arrives fully formed on songs like the bouncy yet twisted surfergirl ode 'ed is dead' 'come on pilgrim' remains as raw vibrant and engaging as the day it was recorded