Beneath the Eyrie is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock band Pixies, released on September 13, 2019, by BMG/Infectious.
The band were influenced by their Gothic surroundings during the writing and recording process, with vocalist and guitarist Black Francis stating: "I wanted to intermingle with the spirit world, with life and death and with the mystical and a more surreal landscape.
[4] The album's title was inspired by an eagle's nest discovered at the back of the converted church that the band were recording in: "There was an old train track from the 1800s that was all grown in.
Leading up to the album, the 12-episode series It’s a Pixies Podcast (originally entitled Past Is Prologue),[6] hosted by Tony Fletcher,[7] began releasing episodes on June 27, detailing the recording of each song.
Consequence of Sound described the album as "a no-bullshit sugar-snort of riffs and melodies that neither dip much in quality nor come close to scaling past heights.
[18] However, in a negative review, The Observer said that although the album is better than many of the bands the Pixies inspired, "it isn't terribly good either.