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Nineties alt-rock is shaping up to be a force this year.
Tripp pants are in.
Mark McGrath is a fixture on prime-time television.
Kim Deal has seen so many peaks and valleys that her whole career can feel like one long comeback.
Kim and Kelley revived the Breeders in the aughts for 2002sTitle TKand 2008sMountain Battles.
Both gestured to the bands legacy but never quite matched the heights of the 90s classic.
All Nervefeels like a new dawn for the Breeders.
it’s possible for you to tell from the spiky Good morning!
Deal barks out at the top of lead single Wait in the Car that she feels energized.
MetaGoth and Spacewoman speak to isolation on both social and cosmic levels.
Nervous Mary ominously tells the story of a frightened woman on the run from an unnamed terror.
Walking With the Killer sounds like aLaw & Order: SVUcold open.
(I didnt know it was my night to die, but it really was.)
At its best,All Nerveisnt just a reunion, its a rebirth.
It approaches the tart Fun Dip highs of the Breeders classics while pointing to wily new directions.
The Los Angeles punk trio Moanings self-titled album is also a rebirth of sorts.
you could hear those influences onMoaningalongside a host of others.
There are no less than three generations of offbeat guitar rock coursing through its DNA.
Tired carries the woozy atmospherics of shoegaze greats My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive.
The buzzsaw guitar lick powering Artificial is peak Pixies.
Dont Go sounds likeMeat Is Murderera Smiths jacked up on HGH supplements.
The Same matches clattering Joy Divisionstyle drums to a synth line cribbed from Modern Englishs I Melt With You.
Theyre powerful players who need a steadier compass.
His lyrics read like communication breaking down between lovers, all nervous fits and starts and hand-wrung resignation.
Theres no point to any of this / Dont think about it, its useless.)
Solomons delivery is a defeated deadpan, something like a young Paul Banks channeling a younger Ian Curtis.
These vocals are by turns enticingly distant and just plain buried in the mix.
In its rich contrast of lights and shadows,All Nervesucceeds.
Its noLast Splash, but it beats the tar out ofIndie Cindy.
