Breeders. All Nerve. (4AD).
★★★★
It's the first time the quartet behind the seminal Last Splash has recorded together since that 1993 smash with Cannonball and Divine Hammer, and the first Breeders album of any kind in a decade.
But singer-guitarist Kim Deal clearly had something huge planned for this special reunion and it shows.
"Consider I always struggle with the right word," Deal sings in the raucous single Wait in the Car. Then, she meows. It's a return of the humour from the best Breeders work, an absurdist twist to play off the risk-taking rock riffs from Deal and her twin sister Kelley. And it shows up again in the massive MetaGoth, featuring bassist Josephine Wiggs on vocals. However, the epic Spacewoman and Walking with the Killer form the centrepiece, as Deal tells tall tales surrounded by solid indie rock.
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