The Breeders - All Nerve (2018)

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.

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.)

glad that she seems happy / healthy — there was a time in the early 00s when things seemed kinda dark.

I saw a solo gig a few yrs ago that was lovably shambling/bonkers, I need to listen to this new one

Great short album. They still have got it in them.

yeah that twinkle is real xxxp

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

mountain battles has great songs on it but doesn't quite add up to an album. it's fun

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

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

Then with Dawn as the perfect comedown track. I like it!

Holy damn is this good. Reminds me why I fell in love with music

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.

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.

I liked it a lot!

Great review Alfred. Had exactly the same thought about twin peaks and it made me happy to read that!!

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.

omg i did not know about that :/ shit i betta brace myself.

I am so surprised how good this is

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, 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.

same here

https://www.instagram.com/p/BhHX8APhZoy/

<3

that's great

omg awesome

I saw them last night. Incredible. They’re a very happy-seeming group, there was some fun awkward banter, and apparently everyone in the crowd was in love with Kim Deal. The new songs all sounded huge live.

I saw Kim do a solo set a few yrs ago and it was rambling & funny, she was forgetting songs or playing them wrong, which on paper sounds terrible but was somehow hugely charming and engaging.

A Breeders gig from the mid-00s was similarly discursive and chaotic, but great.

I'm struggling with All Nerve. I've listened to it about 5 times and it's not connecting. I'll stick with it cos some of you people keep raving about it. And because Kim's voice is so wonderful- that's pretty much one of the only positives I can take from it at the moment. It often sounds so muddy and I can't get to the melodies somehow. This is making me sad because I've loved so much this band has done before.

How am I listening to this wrong?

are you a pod person?

Absolutely yes. And Title TK.

But also v. much a Safari person

Louder, good speakers. First 3-4 tracks. If the couplet "I hit the hall / Oh god, I hit them all" doesn't get you, you might be dead.

Sometimes when I'm not getting into something I feel like I should like it helps to put it back on the shelf and come back in a month or so.

or you never have to like it. it's ok

NA otm

i still need to really dive into this
can somebody help me understand the one track on this where she like adopts a slightly british accent
that's been my ONE thing so far