The Breeders (2023)

One Liner: Alternative rock's girl group from the 90's (yes, you remember "Cannonball").
Wikipedia Genre: Alternative rock
Home: Wikipedia lists Boston, L.A., London, and Dayton, Ohio.  So, everywhere, apparently.

Poster Position: 3 (8)
Day: Sunday at 5:15
Both Weekends.

Thoughts: Last here in 2018.  My review of them after the show was less than glowing, saying: "OK.  I kind of wish I had bopped over to catch Japanese Breakfast instead.  They sounded good, but I'm just not that into their new album."

You remember these ladies, right?  "Cannonball," with its fantastic opening "Oooooohhgaaahh" sung in unison by ladies and then the thrashing kick of the chorus?  That song still jams.  108.3 million streams.

Did I own that album back in that day?  Yes I did.  Did I wear out that one song?  You know it.  Do I remember any other song on that album?  Not really (except for "Drivin' on 9," for some reason).  Did I kind of think that this same band sang the Veruca Salt song "Seether"?  Yes, sadly, also true.  But, this band is famous in my mind because it was the new creative outlet for Kim Deal of the Pixies.  I loved the Pixies back in the day, so that was a big deal to me.  The other main gal in the band was apparently part of something called Throwing Muses, but I don't know what that is...

Wikipedia tells us that the term "Breeders" is apparently a derogatory gay slang expression for heterosexuals.  Huh.  So I guess I'm a Breeder too.  And actually, as I re-listen to Last Splash (the 1993 album with the hit on it), I also remember "No Aloha" (actually sounds like the Pixies) and "Mad Lucas" (with its weird vibrating vocals) and "Divine Hammer."  That last one is another good tune.

I reviewed their "new" album, from 2018, which you can read here.  I didn't love it or hate it, it had some good bits and some less interesting bits, but I didn't save it for later listening, so I didn't love it.  The top song from that album is "Wait in the Car," with 2.9 million streams, but I already linked to that one, so let's go with second place, "Nervous Mary," at 1.3 million streams.

Again, good crunchy alt rock groove.  Pretty good, but nothing so revelatory I'm going to tear off my clothes or anything.  Running back through their catalog right now, that is kind of how I feel up and down about it.  Pretty solid alt rock tunes, but nothing so exciting I need to hear it right now.  One thing I feel like everyone needs is their cover of "Happiness is a Warm Gun," from the 1990 album Pod (which is pretty raw, you can tell how they matured before the Last Splash album).  But it is a little amazing to run through the catalog and realize how exactly they play to type - I would have a hard time identifying any song as being from 1993 or 2006 or 2018.

I might go see them just because of "Cannonball" and the alt rock love I have in general.  They definitely don't have any competition at that time slot (unless Tanner Usrey ends up being good, I don't know yet).