Description
All Nerve is the smoothly confident ‘come back’ album from alt-pop icons The Breeders. The four Breeders have individually and together slashed idiosyncratic paths through pop; on All Nerve, they collectively dig into that ideal, with each member playing to their strengths—the Deal sisters trading off harmonies and licks while Kim yelps abstract poetics, Wiggs holding down the low end so the sisters can leap ever higher, MacPherson keeping the beat urgent even when the BPM lets up a bit.
All Nerve is a satisfying listen because it lets the Breeders dig into their reasons for being drawn back into each other’s orbit—including the left-of-center hooks, the withering poetics, and the shared prickliness toward meeting outside expectations
