Pixies

𝘽𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙖𝙬, 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙮 — 𝙎𝙪𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙖 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙞𝙭𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙩/𝙥𝙤𝙥 𝙙𝙮𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙘 — 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩.

Produced by Steve Albini, its dry, unvarnished sound gives every jagged riff and scream a sense of being right there in the room. Tracks like “Bone Machine,” “Break My Body,” and “Gigantic” lead off with a relentless momentum, making side A a masterclass in tension, release, and chaos.

The album that rewired alt-rock and paved the way for what came after — urgent, awkward, and totally locked-in. Nothing else sounds quite like *Surfer Rosa*.