Pixies leader Black Francis has hooked up with singer-songwriter Reid Paley to record the album Paley & Francis. Muscle Shoals veterans David Hood and Spooner Oldham played bass and piano, respectively. In their own words. "This album was recorded in two relatively short days this past September 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee. All fi rst 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. Hope you like it. Hope you dig the vibe." Paley & Francis