Nobody Loves You More

Kim Deal

Released on 22/11/2024 by 4AD
Main artists: Kim Deal
Genre: Alternative & Indie
Distinctions: Qobuz Album of the Week

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The announcement of "a Kim Deal solo album" seemed a bit unnecessary. After all, none of the albums she's released with the Breeders (and the Amps, for that matter) have felt like she had in any way compromised her vision to that of her bandmates. (That's without even acknowledging the multiple lineups the Breeders have gone through.) When reviewing the personnel on Nobody Loves You More, you’ll spot folks who are or have been Breeders (twin sister Kelley, as well as Britt Walford, Jim Macpherson, and Mando Lopez), as well as several who have not (Fay Milton and Ayse Hassan from Savages). However, from the first few seconds of the loping tempos and lush, brassy orchestration of the album-opening title track, it is immediately clear that not only is Deal not making some sort of spare, acoustic-and-voice solo album, but she's also making music that is in a completely different universe of anything she's done before. To be sure, her immediately recognizable voice and slightly off-kilter compositional style are both present and accounted for, but this is a record that presents itself as something more considered and decidedly less visceral than any of her previous band-focused work. Unsurprisingly, it took a while for Deal to complete the material on Nobody Loves You More; the earliest cuts here were the mellow twang of "Are You Mine?" and the sounds-like-a-Breeders-b-side "Wish I Was," both of which were recorded in 2011 and part of a 7-inch series Deal released as a solo artist back in 2013.

Among the most surprising numbers are more aggressive cuts like the electroclash-meets-Jesus-Lizard-in-a-psychedelic-surf-shop "Big Ben Beat" and the thudding, fractured funk of "Crystal Breath," as well as gentler numbers like the swaying exotica of "Summerland." While surprising for the tonal and textural breadth, none of these songs seem to find Deal even breaking a sweat as she deftly shifts styles, making each of the approaches sound very much like just another facet of her musical personality. Although it's executed well and is invigorating and challenging throughout, it's that very range (and perhaps the decade-plus of gestation) that keeps Nobody Loves You More from ever congealing into a consistent statement beyond "Kim Deal can do a lot of interesting things." Which, knowing Deal, was perhaps the entire point to this excellent album. © Jason Ferguson/Qobuz

Nobody Loves You More

Kim Deal

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