Indie Cindy is the fifth studio album by the rock band the Pixies. Released in April 19, 2014, it was the band’s first album since 1991’s Trompe le Monde, and the first Pixies album not to feature bass guitar player Kim Deal. Instead, bass guitar duties on the album are handled by Simon “Ding” Archer, a former member of the British post punk band The Fall.
The album combines all the songs from the band’s 2013–14 extended play releases, EP1, EP2, and EP3, which were recorded and produced in 2012 by Gil Norton, who produced the band’s previous albums Doolittle, Bossanova, and Trompe le Monde.
Limited numbers of vinyl copies of the album were released on Record Store Day 2014 (double album but pressed at 45 rpm), 10 days prior to the album’s full release. These copies came with a single-sided 7″ single of Women of War. The album was released in North America on April 29, 2014 as a digital download, digipak CD and 2LP vinyl as well as a deluxe edition on CD or vinyl which included a live CD and a 40-page hardback book. The album peaked at number 23 on the US Billboard 200, making it the band’s most successful album on that chart. In 2016 it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 75,000 copies throughout Europe. As of 2015, sales in the United States have exceeded 34,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Tracklist:
- What Goes Boom
- Greens and Blues
- Indie Cindy
- Bagboy
- Magdalena
- Silver Snail
- Blue Eyed Hexe
- Ring the Bell
- Another Toe in the Ocean
- Andro Queen
- Snakes
- Jaime Bravo
Deluxe edition bonus disc (Live in the USA 2014)
- Bone Machine
- Hey
- Ana
- Magdalena
- Snakes
- Indie Cindy
- I’ve Been Tired
- Head On (The Jesus and Mary Chain)
- The Sad Punk
- Distance Equals Rate Times Time
- Something Against You
- Isla De Encanta
- Planet of Sound
Bonus 7″ single (Women of War)
Pixies
Black Francis: vocals, guitar, backing vocals on “Bagboy”
Ding (Simon “Ding” Archer): bass guitar
David Lovering: drums, backing vocals on “Women of War” and “Bagboy”
Joey Santiago: lead guitar
Additional musicians
Paz Lenchantin: bass guitar and backing vocals on deluxe edition tracks and “Women of War”
Jeremy Dubs: backing vocals
Technical personnel
Gil Norton: production, engineering, mixing
Justin Pizzoferrato: additional engineering (Sonelab])
Mike Stitsinger: additional engineering (The Autumn Den)
Dan Austin: mixing
Miles Wilson: mixing (live tracks)
Vaughan Oliver: art direction, design
Michael Speed: design assistance, xp illustration
Ian Pollock: character illustration
