Originally Posted by MTA 
"I just so admire people who try to do something different and be original, because it's really not fucking easy (nigh on impossible). 99% of my music collection is by bands/artist who draw upon and display quite obvious influences, and I really love much of it, but it's just so refreshing to have a band like this in your life (for me anyway)."
Nicely put, although i still can't get into the pixies.
Not even songs like Gigantic and Where is my mind? M.I.A. did a cover of Where is my mind. Maybe you like her version and didn't realise it was a pixies song? Haha, look at me trying to force them on you. I'll stop now.