“Learning to play with a pick was like dancing with two left feet. I had to entirely relearn the bass”: Having played in the Pixies, Zwan, and A Perfect Circle, Paz Lenchantin knows a thing or two about the bass guitar and its role in rock

Paz Lenchantin of Pixies performing live at Flowers Festival 2016 for the one and only concert in Italy.

Back in 2024, after 10 years with alt-rock icons the Pixies, Paz Lenchantin departed in order to concentrate on her own projects. Her debut album, Triste – featuring former A Perfect Circle bandmates Troy Van Leeuwen and Josh Freese – is now due for release on her own label, Hideous Human Records.

“I had to make this record on my own – not to prove anything, but just to have faith that music can nurture me back,” Lenchantin said in a statement. “And it did.”