Pixies Return With ‘Human Crime’ Video, Announce 2022 Tour Dates

Though Pixies shut down their 2021 tour due to COVID, the band is getting ready for their live return later this month, and when they hit the stage, there will be at least one new song to share. That's because the band just released their new video for "Human Crime," which has been served up as a digital-exclusive single.

The band recorded the new song last fall in Los Angeles and the band's bassist Paz Lenchantin recently directed the video for the track in the Los Angeles area near the San Pedro bunkers and Santa Monica's Gold Diggers Bar. The clip follows a bit of the song's narrative, centering on a fairy that has been shut out of her world and left to navigate another dimension.

“The storyline is loosely based on an ‘inside joke’ between Charles and I about going on tour. How we go through a door from our reality state into the altered state of becoming and being a Pixie,” says Lenchantin of the clip's muse. Take a look at the lyrics and video below and if you like what you hear, the song is available via multiple platforms here.

Pixies, "Human Crime" Lyrics

I’m sorry I missed you
I was already gone
No goodbye kiss
No one fought me to leave home

Into the blue skies
Takes me far away

Don't you be unkind
It's a human crime
Don't be so blind
It’ll come back to you sometime

Went by your place
There was nobody there
At the cocktail lounge
Someone else was in your chair

No even the sunshine feels like misery
Even the blue skies are falling down on me

Don't you be unkind
It's a human crime
Don't be so blind
It’ll come back to you sometime

Don't you be unkind
It's a human crime
Don't be so blind
It’ll come back to you sometime

Pixies, "Human Crime"

As stated, Pixies will soon return to the road to kick off their 2022 touring. So far, only a handful of U.S. dates have been scheduled starting with a March 15 tour launch at the Rialto Theatre in Tucson, Arizona. Most of the band's 2022 touring revolves around Europe and the U.K., with the group hopping across the pond for a one-off festival appearance in early April before starting a full-fledged tour June 22 in Rouen, France. See all of the scheduled dates listed below and get tickets here.

Pixies 2022 Tour Dates

March 15 - Tucson, Ariz. @ Rialto Theatre
March 16 - Anaheim, Calif. @ House of Blues
March 17 - San Diego, Calif. @ The Observatory North Park
March 20 - Mexico City, Mexico @ Vive Latino 2022
April 1 - Cardiff, Wales, U.K. @ BBC 6 Music Festival
June 22- Rouen, France @ Le 106
June 23 - Rouen, France @ Le 106
June 25 - Imola, Italy @ Autodromo Internazionale Enzo & Dino Ferrari
June 27 - Rome, Italy @ Cavea, Auditorium Parco dela Musica
June 30 - Rotselaar, Belgium @ Rock Werchter 2022
July 5 - Manchester, U.K. @ Castlefield Bowl
July 8 - London, U.K. @ British Summer Time Festival 2022
July 9 - Madrid, Spain @ Mad Cool Festival 2022
July 11 - Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel @ Bitan 1
July 14 - Galway, Ireland @ Festival Big Top
July 15 - Galway, Ireland @ Festival Big Top
July 16 - Dublin, Ireland @ Iveagh Gardens
July 20 - Vilnius, Lithuania @ Botanical Garden of Vilnius University
July 28 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Gröna Lund
July 30 - Cologne, Germany @ Welstars auf dem Roncalliplatz
July 31 - Freiburg, Germany @ Zelt-musik-festival, Zirkuszelt
Aug. 3 - Edinburgh, U.K. @ Corn Exchange
Aug. 4 - Glasgow, U.K. @ Kelvingrove Park
Aug. 5 - Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K. @ Times Square
Aug. 7 - Bingley, U.K. @ Bingley Weekender 2022
Aug. 11 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
Aug. 12 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
Aug. 16 - Lecce, Italy @ Sei Festival
Aug. 18 - Charleville-Mézières, France @ Festival Cabaret Vert 2022
Aug. 23 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ Den Atelier
Aug. 25 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Forum Karlín
Aug. 27 - Zagreb, Croatia @ Zagrebački Velesajam
Aug. 29 - Belgrade, Serbia @ Tasmajdan Stadium
Aug. 30 - Budapest, Hungary @ Budapest Park
Sept. 1-4 - Sixpenny Handley, U.K. @ End of the Road Festival 2022