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The Breeders—“Cannonball”

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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Pixies frontman Charles Thompson, then known as Black Francis, harmonizes with pixies bassist Kim Deal. This is Bone Machine, the first track on 1988's Surfer Rosa, their official debut studio album. They are harmonizing abrasively, abrasion being their thing, the band's thing, but also their personal thing. Let's summarize the Black Francis Kim Deal personal dynamic via the opening seconds of Where Is My Mind? Stop. We can't discuss.

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