The Breeders - All Nerve (2018)

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

If you mean MetaGoth, that's Josephine Wiggs singing. She's a brit.

OMG
GAME CHANGER
i was like what is this voice kim's doing
makes me feel a lot better lol

how do we feel about metagoth? it was legit the only pause i had with my first runthroughs

haha! i like it a lot!

JW also sings the lead on Metal Man on Pod.

ok duh i'm not that daft :)

used to be obsessed with the percussion drop in metal man

Metagoth sounds great live, kim plays bass

(but there is a solid precedent for Daytonian w/ faux Brit accent)

Josephine also sings lead on Cannonball b-sides “900” and “Lord of the Thighs,” a killer Aerosmith cover.

I think she wrote 900 and Head to Toe. Always meant to check out her solo stuff. Anybody got thoughts on it?

When I saw them a few months back, JWiggs did a perfect note for note Joey Santiago impression of that breakdown* guitar lick on Gigantic which was pretty amazing!

*

[guitar break]
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--0-------0-----1-----------------------------------|
|--0----0-----2--------1---------2------4---5--------|
|--2----------------2---------3------5---------------|
|--3-------------------------------------------------|

I happened to buy it on CD and it sounds fabulous.

Xp hah she totally fucked it up when I saw them and they laughed about it after

Ha! It's a little tricky...

Saw them tonight in Houston and two nights ago in Austin. I've seen them a few times before, and this is the best so far! Kim seemed so happy and genuinely surprised at how warm of a reception they received. A good mix of old and new, leaning heavily on All Nerve and Last Splash. One each from Title TK and Mountain Battles, a handful from Pod.

Highly recommended.

This is great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHMZW9kLpg0

Agreed.

that's the coolest thing i've ever seen

http://4ad.com/news/891

All of the Breeders’ previous albums – Pod, Last Splash, Title TK, and Mountain Battles – will be re-issued on vinyl on 18th May. Available to pre-order from today, this is the first time Pod and Last Splash will be released by 4AD in North America.

The looks on Kelley's face playing "Off You" from sheet music are hilarious.

Tiny Desk made my day thanks

For people that care about such things: They are selling copies of Title TK at their shows that have the original vinyl cover (different from CD art). It looks like the reissue will change the vinyl artwork to be the same as the CD art.

Have we talked about how great their cover of Gates of Steel is? Because it is.

Have we talked about how great their cover of Gates of Steel is? Because it is.

― Cow_Art, Friday, April 27, 2018 5:08 PM (one hour ago)

YSI?