PORTLAND, Pa., July 19 (UPI) -- Pixies frontman Frank Black has completed work on a solo album called "Honeycomb," his first solo work in nine years.
Black made the album in Nashville, working with veteran players such as guitarist Steve Cropper from Booker T & the MGs and frequent Neil Young collaborator Spooner Oldham on keyboards.
Black says the caliber of the musicians let him take a more casual approach to his first solo album in nine years.
"They never heard the songs before you recorded them," Black says. "Many of the songs are Take One, so what you're hearing is this band hearing the song for the first time, while they're playing it and while the engineer is recording it. That's the kind of guys they are; you just tell them when the session is and hit the record button."
Black has no plans to tour in support of "Honeycomb" yet, however. The reunited Pixies will be playing at several summer festivals, including this weekend's Lollapalooza in Chicago. The Pixies also plan to record a new album in the near future.
