On September 13th, Sonic Unyon Records will release Paley & Francis, a collaboration between Black Francis (The Pixies) and Reid Paley. The following is an excerpt from a statement released by the duo regarding the recording:

“This album was recorded in two relatively short days this past September 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee. All first takes.

We wrote the music for the songs in Paley’s apartment in Brooklyn over three afternoons when Francis was in New York for a three-day run at Joe’s Pub. After which we each took half of the songs to finish off with lyrics, and Francis went off to meet what he sometimes likes to call ‘the old band’ for another tour.

A few days later, we were recording at Jon Tiven’s studio in Nashville. We each sang lead on the songs we wrote lyrics for and sang backup on the others. We worked fast. Francis had Pixies shows each evening, so we had a curfew. Paley recalls finishing the lyrics to one tune literally a minute before cutting the vocal. The two of us on guitars, with legendary Muscle Shoals players David Hood on bass and Spooner Oldham on piano. Damn, those guys are good.”

Paley & Francis Tracklisting
1. Curse
2. On The Corner
3. Magic Cup
4. Ugly Life
5. Seal
6. The Last Song
7. Cresent Moon
8. Deconstructed
9. Praise
10. Happy Shoes

Frank Black “Honeycomb”

Reid Paley Trio “Better Days”