Mountain Battles
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The Breeders
Mountain Battles
[ 4AD Records / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 7 April 2008
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By turns goofy, groovy, melancholy, strung-out, catchy, atmospheric and - at times - impossibly lovely, 'Mountain Battles' underlines that Kim Deal (of Pixies fame) is a songwriter and a musician of rare intuition.
Her songs move from offhand charm to emotional truth with casual grace, balancing scuffed-up noise against fraught silence; timeless structures against strange new shapes. And throughout, of course, there's Kim's unique voice '- languid, urgent, bruised and beautiful.
In short, 'Mountain Battles' captures all the bittersweet electricity of classic Breeders records like 'Pod' and 'Last Splash', and still manages to break new ground.
'Mountain Battles' was recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago, Erika Larson at Stagg Street, Manny Nieto at Manny's Studio, at Refraze in Dayton and by Ben Mumphrey in the Basement.
The band were : Kelley Deal, Kim Deal and Title TK veterans Jose Medeles and Mando Lopez.
"(Kim) Deal is probably one of the foremost pop technicians of her generation."
- Observer Music Monthly 4/5
"The Breeders remain instantly recognizable. 'Mountain Battles' is characteristically elegant, undercooked and intimate. This melancholic, warm-hearted collection is a big hug of a record."
- The Times" 4/5
"Deal's bass is one of the most comforting sounds in rock, her tender, bruised-violet voice being another, and hearing her again is like meeting a good friend after a long hiatus."
- The Guardian 4/5
Tracks:
1. Overglazed
2. Bang On
3. Night Of Joy
4. We're Gonna Rise
5. German Studies
6. Spark
7. Istanbul
8. Walk It Off
9. Regalame Esta Noche
10. Here No More
11. No Way
12. It's The Love
13. Mountain Battles
