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Carl
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 Posted - 08/27/2010 : 03:03:04
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The News-Herald.
The Breeders' Kelley Deal accepts that the
band may always come in second to sister's
Pixies
Published: Friday, August 27, 2010
By John Benson
Correspondent@News-Herald.com
The Breeders' Kelley Deal has come to terms with always
being the bridesmaid in the spotlight to her sister and band
mate Kim, who helped form influential alternative underground
act The Pixies.
When it comes to recording and touring with The Breeders, the
group often takes a backseat to her twin sister's commitments.
However, the Breeders are getting a little time in the sun right
now — and the act is returning to Northeast Ohio Thursday at
the Beachland Ballroom.
"If Kim (stops touring) with The Pixies, maybe The Breeders
can record again," said Deal, calling from her Dayton home.
"But things are good. Kim has been really busy this year so
this upcoming tour is the first thing we've done, except when Kim and I go down into the basement
and play. Now I can run a little Pro Tools unit, so we're always kind of fooling around down there."
With its last full-length effort being 2008's "Mountain Battles," which was followed by 2009 EP "Fate
to Fatal," The Breeders are about due for something new. So far the tinkering by the Sisters Deal
led to a brand-new tune, which is expected to be played at the Cleveland show.
What the girls haven't settled on yet is the name, with working titles including "Happy," "I Really Want
to Be Your Friend," "Weird" and "Woe."
One thing The Breeders members are all in agreement on is their tour will feature older and obscure
material.
"We'll be dusting off some things and playing some songs that we haven't played in a long, long
time, which is really fun for me," Deal said. "Like, we're playing ‘Don't Call Home,' and also ‘S.O.S.,'
which is off ‘Last Splash.' That's the song The Prodigy used for ‘The Firestarter.' And ‘S.O.S.' has a
sewing machine in it, so I'll be bringing my Kenmore on tour. It's really funny to go back to that
material."
When comparing The Breeders now to back then, the one thing that stands out is mainstream
accessibility based solely on mainstream acceptance. While the alternative act is remembered as a
where-are-they-now group of the early '90s, with its 1993 album "Last Splash" yielding the popular
video and radio hit "Cannonball," musical tastes have shifted to the point where the band is still
recording the same quirky tunes with oddball time signatures. The only difference is now the outfit
exists decidedly under the radar. And that's fine with the Deal Sisters.
This leads us back to the band's next project, which has yet to be fully written. Still, Deal has an idea
of what she hopes it will sound like.
"The weirder the better for me, but I'm not the primary songwriter in The Breeders," Deal said. "So
it's hard for me to say this album is going to be this. I have to see what Kim is feeling, what she's
vibing and what she's coming up with. My job is to just help make it as weird as possible."
And being second banana is OK with Deal?
"The second banana, excuse me?" Deal questioned with a laugh. "This is something Josephine
Wiggs, the old bassist in The Breeders, would have said. She'd say, ‘Actually, it is the most powerful
position in the band. It's actually the puppet master.' But in reality, I'm happy. There is plenty of
music in the world."
Details
Who: The Breeders with Times New Viking and Hot Cha Cha.
When: 8 p.m. Thursday.
Where: Beachland Ballroom, 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland.
Tickets: $16 in advance/$18 day of show.
Info: 216-383-1124 or www.beachlandballroom.com.
Revisit the old video for The breeders' hit "Cannonball":
YouTube - The Breeders - Cannonball.
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Edited by - Carl on 08/27/2010 03:03:59 |
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Kelley Deal interview - 27 Aug 2010.
