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.
― willem, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link
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.
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 17:02 (six years ago) link
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.
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 17:50 (six years ago) link
I filed 600 words on Saturday, so let's see if it's interesting .
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 19:00 (six years ago) link
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
― surm, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 19:44 (six years ago) link
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.
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 19:50 (six years ago) link
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
― surm, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 19:52 (six years ago) link
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.
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
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
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 20:01 (six years ago) link
thanks!! i've always kind of thought that and just put words to it
― surm, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 21:32 (six years ago) link
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!”
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 21:37 (six years ago) link
kim was my first favorite artist tbhshe was like my introduction to musici feel like this happened even before Madonna and Mariah took a place in my hearti will always hold her in that regard, forever like what a career
― surm, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 23:36 (six years ago) link
/emo /vodka /you've heard it all before
― surm, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 23:46 (six years ago) link
That live set on P****fork was decent, a bit more subdued than the club show I went to recently.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 23:49 (six years ago) link
but I was never a stage drinker
gonna call bullshit on that one
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 00:23 (six years ago) link
yeah lol
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 03:45 (six years ago) link
but kim wouldn't lie!
― surm, Thursday, 8 March 2018 16:54 (six years ago) link
AMA on reddit in an hour.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 8 March 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link
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
― surm, Thursday, 8 March 2018 17:03 (six years ago) link
[–]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!
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 8 March 2018 17:10 (six years ago) link
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
― na (NA), Thursday, 8 March 2018 17:20 (six years ago) link
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
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 8 March 2018 18:58 (six years ago) link
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.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 8 March 2018 19:13 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvas5q0R000
― louise ck (milo z), Friday, 9 March 2018 18:40 (six years ago) link
YESSSS
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Friday, 9 March 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
Fabulous freeze frame.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 March 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
Kim Deal has the best smile and a perpetual twinkle in her eye, tbh i get happy just seeing her (that's probably quite relevant to my "best rock star of the '90s" opinion upthread.)
― omar little, Friday, 9 March 2018 19:52 (six years ago) link
glad that she seems happy / healthy — there was a time in the early 00s when things seemed kinda dark.
― tylerw, Friday, 9 March 2018 20:18 (six years ago) link
I saw a solo gig a few yrs ago that was lovably shambling/bonkers, I need to listen to this new one
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 9 March 2018 20:32 (six years ago) link
Great short album. They still have got it in them.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 9 March 2018 22:25 (six years ago) link
yeah that twinkle is real xxxp
― surm, Monday, 12 March 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link
The new record is really good, I also pulled out Title Tk which still blows me away, that album is amazing. Still not sure how I feel about Mountain Battles
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 19 March 2018 13:10 (six years ago) link
mountain battles has great songs on it but doesn't quite add up to an album. it's fun
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 19 March 2018 14:48 (six years ago) link
It sounds weird and not in a weird in purposeful way, like murky or distance, I couldn't believe it was the same rhythm section as Title Tk, I didn't exactlu spend a lot of time with it yesterday and I don't recall spending much time with it when it came out
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 19 March 2018 14:53 (six years ago) link
all nerve is amazing btw, last splash-era of the band doing their own title tk imo, haze and shadow and harrowing space framing a collection of desiccated indie rock songs. my favorite section of the record is probably "howl at the summit"/the "archangel's thunderbird" cover for how it implies that they're really a psych rock band
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 19 March 2018 14:59 (six years ago) link
Then with Dawn as the perfect comedown track. I like it!
― the man from P.O.R.L.O.C.K. (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 11:00 (six years ago) link
Holy damn is this good. Reminds me why I fell in love with music
― tinnitus the night (Ross), Saturday, 24 March 2018 01:12 (six years ago) link
Yeah I mean it feels weird saying something like "this is up there with their best work" when talking about a band who have been consistently great but this record is so much better than I ever could have hoped for.
― cwkiii, Saturday, 24 March 2018 01:26 (six years ago) link
Side note but I've been thinking about this poll that I ran for the hell of it 8 years ago and I have a feeling the results would be much different today.
Which, re-reading the thread, I now see milo z mentioned last month.
milo z otm.
― cwkiii, Saturday, 24 March 2018 01:31 (six years ago) link
I liked it a lot!
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 24 March 2018 01:34 (six years ago) link
Great review Alfred. Had exactly the same thought about twin peaks and it made me happy to read that!!
― tinnitus the night (Ross), Saturday, 24 March 2018 01:38 (six years ago) link
I fell in love with the Breeders when I saw them play Divine Hammer on Conan. Been a devout follower ever since and I've loved everything that Kim has touched (erm except Bam Thwok). New one feels really special, almost as though they had been going down a fascinating but dark road on Title TK and Mountain Battles and the sun has come up and burned off the fog. So happy that they are happy, healthy and making great music!
I know it has been mentioned in this thread already, but if you've slept on Kim's solo singles please check them out. Are You Mine in particular is gorgeous and heartbreaking. Her mom, in the throes of dementia, looked at Kim and said "are you mine?" Damn near makes me cry every time I listen to it.
― Cow_Art, Saturday, 24 March 2018 02:07 (six years ago) link
omg i did not know about that :/ shit i betta brace myself.
― surm, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 18:48 (six years ago) link
I am so surprised how good this is
― Milking the Soft Power Dividend (dandydonweiner), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 19:41 (six years ago) link
― Cow_Art, Friday, March 23, 2018 9:07 PM (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I didn't know this either - it adds a whole other dimension to that song.
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 28 March 2018 02:00 (six years ago) link
same here
― DJ U OK Hun? (jed_), Wednesday, 28 March 2018 14:02 (six years ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BhHX8APhZoy/
― bedraggled vorticist (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 3 April 2018 17:09 (six years ago) link
<3
― willem, Tuesday, 3 April 2018 17:12 (six years ago) link
that's great
― sleeve, Tuesday, 3 April 2018 17:15 (six years ago) link