Frontman Black Francis had more hooks and weirdly catchy melodies than he knew what to do with, and his lyrical concerns were by turns surreal and inscrutable.But the inherent logic and integrity of his songwriting was undeniableeach tune offered all the pleasures of pop in a noisy and aggressive package, a combination of virtues that would have huge resonance when the Pixies influence spread through alternative rock in the 90s.Doolittle brought the Pixies a wider audience by countering every unusual turn with a moment of sweetness.Wave of Mutilation has a chorus worthy of a power-pop classic, but it has a deceptively complicated arrangement, with swells in volume and tricky stops and starts.
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