{"id":1968893,"date":"2025-08-19T17:19:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1968893"},"modified":"2025-08-19T17:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:19:06","slug":"former-pixies-bassist-paz-lenchantin-releases-new-single-hang-tough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/former-pixies-bassist-paz-lenchantin-releases-new-single-hang-tough\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Pixies Bassist Paz Lenchantin Releases New Single &#8216;Hang Tough&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/paz-lenchantin\/\" id=\"auto-tag_paz-lenchantin\" data-tag=\"paz-lenchantin\">Paz Lenchantin<\/a>, who played bass in the Pixies between 2014 and 2024 following stints in Zwan and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/a-perfect-circle\/\" id=\"auto-tag_a-perfect-circle\" data-tag=\"a-perfect-circle\">A Perfect Circle<\/a>, is re-launching her solo career with the upcoming LP <em>Triste.<\/em> The album arrives October 17, and she\u2019s just dropped leadoff single \u201cHang Tough\u201d along with a video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI had to make this record on my own,\u201d Lenchantin says in a statement, \u201cnot to prove anything, but just to have faith that music can nurture me back. And it did.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hang Tough by Paz Lenchantin\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nLZZJjUKKJ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tLenchantin created much of the music on <em>Triste<\/em> herself, but she did recruit two of her former Perfect Circle bandmates \u2014 drummer Josh Freese and guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen \u2014 to join her in the studio. She was also accompanied by Spanish-speaking musicians she met after posting a notice on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe album began to take shape last year in Petatl\u00e1n, Mexico, when Lenchantin wrote a series of songs about a young woman falling in love with Jesus. \u201cLenchantin isn\u2019t necessarily religious,\u201d reads an official album bio, \u201cshe saw the story as a metaphor for salvation: the human drive to search for a god, or god-like figure, and to devote yourself to something that cannot love you back\u2026This guiding metaphor shaped the album\u2019s dream-like logic, with each lyric refracting a fragment of Lenchantin\u2019s own life into broader analogy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cWhat was special to me in making this album was that I learned who I am, this far into my journey in music, simply by allowing myself the freedom of my own choice,\u201d Lenchantin said. \u201cIt became like witnessing a fallen tree in my own forest, without the need to yell \u2018timber.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pixies - All I Think About Now\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p31WbeLjfo4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe music is a vast departure from her work with the Pixies. She joined the alt-rock icons in 2014 after the group parted ways with bassist Kim Shattuck. \u201cCharles [Thompson, a.k.a. Black Francis] is the greatest artist I\u2019ve ever worked with,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/paz-lenchantin-pixies-zwan-billy-corgan-1234633247\/\">she told <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> in 2022<\/a> as part of our <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/unknown-legends\/\">Unknown Legends<\/a> interview series. \u201cI used to be like, \u2018<em>This <\/em>is missing in this band, and <em>this<\/em> is missing in this band\u2026\u2019 But working with Charles, Joey [Santiago], and David [Lovering] really glued me together and completed me in every way I was looking for. It really is the peak of the mountain.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ editors-pick-module lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tEditor\u2019s picks<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn 2024, after recording three albums with them and touring the world many times over, the Pixies announced that they were parting ways with her. \u201cMy departure is a bit of a surprise to me as it is to many,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/pixies-part-ways-bassist-paz-lenchantin-1234980187\/\">Lenchantin told <em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a> when the news broke, \u201cbut it looks like they have a solid plan figured out, which in turn has pushed me to move onwards onto new projects that I am excited about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tNot long afterward, a \u201cmajor artist\u201d asked Lenchantin if she\u2019d join her band as a bass player. \u201cI froze,\u201d she says in the album bio, stating that her past experiences in high-profile groups left her \u201ctraumatized.\u201d \u201cAnd how far can that get you?\u201d she asks, noting that she turned down the gig in favor of creating <em>Trist<\/em>e. \u201cOtherwise,\u201d she said, \u201cyou\u2019re just going around in a circle.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe <em>Triste<\/em> track list:<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t1 \u2013 Novela<br \/>2 \u2013 Lows &amp; Highs<br \/>3 \u2013 Woman Of Nazareth<br \/>4 \u2013 Hang Tough<br \/>5 \u2013 Wish I Was There<br \/>6 \u2013 Si No!<br \/>7 \u2013 In The Garden With The Devil<br \/>8 \u2013 Adam<br \/>9 \u2013 Lucia<br \/>10 \u2013 Sin Dios<br \/>11 \u2013 Save It For Hell<br \/>12 \u2013 Triste<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paz Lenchantin, who played bass in the Pixies between 2014 and 2024 following stints in Zwan and A Perfect Circle, is re-launching her solo career with the upcoming LP Triste. The album arrives October 17, and she\u2019s just dropped leadoff single \u201cHang Tough\u201d along with a video. \u201cI had to make this record on my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1968896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[349348,349345],"class_list":["post-1968893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-a-perfect-circle","tag-paz-lenchantin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Former-Pixies-Bassist-Paz-Lenchantin-Releases-New-Single-Hang-Tough.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1968896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1968893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1968893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}