So disappointed I was that I had made small talk with you.
Another absolute cracker from what we might reasonably call Phase 2 Pixies.

Originally available to download for those signed up to the Pixies mailing list. The stream and download link was sent via email to existing members on 26th June 2013 with the following message:
"Hello...We have something new we'd like you to hear. Cover your breath, polish your teeth... Bagboy".
The song was later released on 'EP3' & the 'Indie Cindy' LP, both in 2014.

Alter your speech.

Much thanks to the good souls who filmed and/or uploaded the footage.

The usual three core band members, plus Simon "Ding" Archer on bass;
4th of September 2013 -
'When, back in June, Kim Deal quit Pixies, Francis Black urgently needed to find a replacement bassplayer to round up the recording of their new upcoming EP. AAAK core member Simon ‘Ding’ Archer, who’s played with Frank Black before as well as PJ Harvey, The Fall was asked to do the job'.

NME - 2nd December 2013 reporting the departure of short-term bassist Kim Shattuck:
'Shattuck wasn’t present for the band’s recent recording sessions – instead, PJ Harvey &
The Fall collaborator Simon ‘Ding’ Archer recorded the bass parts. Francis recently told NME:
“He was perfect. He had some balls & was a punky kind of player. It didn’t solve our vocal problem, but it solved the low-end problem.” In terms of the vocals, Francis admitted that “there isn’t any solution” for replacing Deal, but added that their friend Jeremy Dubs had done a bizarrely good job
of imitating her on the title refrain of ‘Bagboy’.

Just to confuse things further it's current bassist Paz Lenchantin who appears in the live footage
and is therefore in the video I made for the song

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