The Breeders - All Nerve (2018)

I'm drunk!

oh man I gotta hear this

Self produced but I think albini is semi involved?

― tylerw, F

one song -- the cover

Great album, great listen, a great birthday gift.

Yeah this is seriously so good.

wait they cover amon duul ii??

yes and it rules

I love this album.

Oooh baby, this is a helluva Breeders album

I played it three times in a row this afternoon, can't get enough. Especially love "Dawn: Making an Effort" which is not really the kind of song I come to the Breeders for but man they pull it off

Good Morning!

WAIT IN THE CAR. I'VE GOT BUSINESS.

MetaGoth is such a Pixies song

I dunno, it slots right in beside “Roi” in my mental Rolodex

I listened to this album in the car on the way to Cheapo, and they were playing it there too. It's everywhere!

"Dawn: Making an Effort" is the only tune on here I like, and I had to listen to this album four times in a row yesterday while my record shop-owning pal tried to "Beta Band it" (his phrase) in his store

He didn't end up selling any and I'm not surprised. I think you've all been listening to a different album than I did. There are zero hooks on this thing.

also, horrid cover art / design. Enough with the 4AD boilerplate already!

For the record, I really liked Title TK (and I love Pod and Last Splash).

Sorry to be the lone voice of dissent here, but this album does absolutely nothing for me

Not a voice of dissent, but I have mixed feelings about this album, which I dont feel like elaborating here. I definitely think "Metagoth" & the one-two punch of AT & Dawn p much make this album

hittin' home runs
and line drives
with the sun in their eyes

yeah this is really good, remarkably so. i am surprised by how good this is for some reason. don't know what i was expecting.

everyone on this thread is talking about how great this album is, how it rules, how it's really good, but no one is really elaborating on why they think this. what's great about it? MatthewK did a nice job upthread describing why he thinks Title TK is worth listening to (and I agree), but no one seems to have anything interesting to say about this record, which is just confirming my suspicion that this record just isn't interesting

in my defence, I don't have anything interesting to say about any music.

Xpost

Apart from “zero hooks” (to which my thoroughly thought through reply would be “check again”), there’s not much you’re offering, either.

It's a good album that's not much different from their 2008, 2002, and 1993 albums: spare, gnomic, adept at a certain kind of precision that would make other bands sound amateurish.

after one listen, iirc:

it *sounded* awesome
Kim snarls & sneers a lot, always a plus
drums are killer throughout, very solid
good sequencing, kind of back-loaded

It's a good album that's not much different from their 2008, 2002, and 1993 albums: spare, gnomic, adept at a certain kind of precision that would make other bands sound amateurish.

It's a good album that's not much different from their 2008, 2002, and 1993 albums: spare, gnomic, adept at a certain kind of precision that would make other bands sound amateurish.

Exactly! Well put.
― willem, Tuesday, March 6, 2018 9:58 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

very well put

i will always love rock music even as it continues to be "dead" and irrelevant because at this point in history i don't delude myself that there are great rock revolutions coming, it's about taking joy in how certain musicians play, how combinations of different talents and personal quirks interact when they play together, a certain sound and dynamic.

but no one seems to have anything interesting to say about this record

Sorry, I forgot this was a requirement.

Anyway, I'm stealing jed_'s answer.

I filed 600 words on Saturday, so let's see if it's interesting .

i have only listened once--it SOUNDED great and i can't wait to get to know this more. i loved loved wait in the car and the title track

i still think she's the best rock star of the '90s, she best epitomized that decade for me.

― omar little, Tuesday, February 27, 2018 9:40 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

and yes, no doubt

Interesting things being said here - and it took me a few months to dial in to Title TK so I can’t claim I recognised it at first listen. All their albums have taken time to unfold, except Last Splash which was exciting out of the gate and didn’t last the distance for me. I find quite a few tracks immediately appealing - esp the opening four and Skinhead 2, plus obviously I knew and love Killer, but the more subdued tracks are taking their time, or may not hit, as Mountain Battles never quite did.

Title TK for me is like their ZEP/Houses of the Holy, but subtler hooks
i loved digging for and finding the hooks in college, beauties buried in guitar fuzz

One thing that strikes me about this album is Kim's very very unique sense of vocal melody is on display here. The harmonies with her sister on these extremely unique vocal melodies are intriguing and compelling.

It helps that Title TK was stuck in my car CD player for a year before fixing it. I can hum every note.

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, February 27, 2018 8:20 PM

surm otm

thanks!! i've always kind of thought that and just put words to it

also v much agreed kurt

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/03/kim-deal-breeders-misogyny-pixies-cobain-rehab

Good little interview.

You once spoke about how you wished you’d had kids.
The broody phase lasted a while. I realised, it’s not going to happen, and that was depressing and sad. But nature takes care of things, because later, I was: “Oh, I’m OK about not having kids.” I just snapped out of it… I do wish that I’d maybe not drunk so much that I couldn’t have organised [having children]. But it’s funny, because everybody my age who had kids, those kids are now about 20, and all I hear about is shit kids who are hungover and smoke pot all day. It was different when I couldn’t have them, and there were all these little babies of precious joy. Now all I hear is: “My kids are driving me crazy!”

kim was my first favorite artist tbh
she was like my introduction to music
i feel like this happened even before Madonna and Mariah took a place in my heart
i will always hold her in that regard, forever
like what a career

/emo /vodka /you've heard it all before

That live set on P****fork was decent, a bit more subdued than the club show I went to recently.

but I was never a stage drinker

gonna call bullshit on that one

yeah lol

but kim wouldn't lie!

AMA on reddit in an hour.

omg!
speaking of i just checked reddit and found this comment "omg i can ask them about Off You (the most beautiful song ever written)"
which reminded me that i meant to post here that i think a lot of this album is kim investigating that uncanny melody structure from off you

how do AMAs work even

[–]RimshotSlim 1 point 2 hours ago*

Hey Steve Phelps here from Dayton. I want to know if Jimmy Mac remembers calling me out to fight during a church service while we were acolytes as kids. I remember being surprised (not only because it was during the service) because I really didn’t even know who he was. And what am I supposed to do, tell my parents I’ll need a minute before joining them in the car because I need to go fight this kid? LOL. Great show last Friday, guys. I’m glad I don’t have to avoid Jim later in life because I had to fight him as a child . Have a great tour!

which reminded me that i meant to post here that i think a lot of this album is kim investigating that uncanny melody structure from off you

this is a good point! this album is very "off you"-esque in general

I wish that was true, because I think "Off You" is fantastic, but the "Dawn..." song is the only one here that comes close imo

i had made a loose connection. one thing i like about all nerve is that it sounds p relaxed, especially in contrast with title tk which is such a tense record, with the notable exception of off you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvas5q0R000

YESSSS

Fabulous freeze frame.