Indie veterans get cracking on follow-up to Mountain Battles.

After Kim Deal left the Pixies for the second time last year, the stage has been set for the return of her band The Breeders, last seen in 2009 with the Fate to Fatal EP and before that with 2008’s Mountain Battles LP.

Although the band reunited in 2012 for a tour and reissue marking the 20th anniversary of Last Splash, they’ve pretty much been on hold since then while Deal focused on solo material, including her current crop of 7″ singles.

But speaking to Stereogum this week, the bassist and singer revealed that The Breeders have finally regrouped to begin work on their first album in six years.

“We’re down in the basement recording and the songs are sounding good,” said Deal. “And honestly, I don’t know what else to do. This is what I like to do. I like to record and play songs. I don’t think there’s much of an industry for it these days, but that’s just what I do, you know?”

In the meantime, the Pixies seem to have finally settled on a replacement for Deal in the shape of bassist Paz Lenchantin, and have are releasing their first album since 1991, Indie Cindy.