Kim Deal announces her debut solo album, Nobody Loves You More, due November 22nd on 4AD. Today she shares ‘Crystal Breath,’ a delicious dose of distortion filled with pulsating beats and fuzzy riffs. Accompanying the track is a video by art director Alex Da Corte.
Nobody Loves You More is Kim Deal’s debut album although it’s not the first time she has gone solo – she self-released a five-part, ten-song seven-inch vinyl series in 2013. In keeping with Deal’s meticulous approach to her art, the album was refined over several years. Its oldest songs (‘Are You Mine?’ and ‘Wish I Was’) were written and originally recorded in 2011 shortly after Deal came off the Pixies’ Lost Cities Tour and relocated to Los Angeles (early versions of those songs were included in said vinyl series); the last recording for Nobody Loves You More took place in November 2022 with legendary engineer and close friend Steve Albini at his Electrical Audio studio in Chicago. Along the way she has brought in a variety of collaborators from Breeders past and present (Mando Lopez, twin sister Kelley Deal, Jim Macpherson, Britt Walford), to Raymond McGinley (Teenage Fanclub), Jack Lawrence (Raconteurs) and Savages’ Fay Milton and Ayse Hassan. Nobody Loves You More was mixed by Marta Salogni and mastered by Heba Kadry.
Nobody Loves You More will be released digitally and on CD, cassette (Bandcamp only), standard black vinyl, Florida Orange vinyl (indie retail only) and Dazzling Galaxy vinyl (4AD & artist store only). For pre-order information, head HERE.
WATCH THE ‘CRYSTAL BREATH’ VISUALIZER
Every song has a story behind it, from the winter vacations with her parents in Florida Keys, wedding band covers of ‘Margaritaville,’ to her mother’s dementia. All in all, the record is a celebration of Deal’s unmatched artistry, nodding not only to her career highlights with celebrated bands across the alternative landscape (The Breeders, The Amps, Pixies), but also to her immovable cultural weight influencing musicians like Kurt Cobain and Olivia Rodrigo through the generations.
The album also contains the previously released single ‘Coast,’ which received praise from outlets like The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and PAPER Magazine, who called it “lush and breezy.”
OUT NOVEMBER 22ND ON 4AD
Track List:
- Nobody Loves You More
- Coast
- Crystal Breath
- Are You Mine?
- Disobedience
- Wish I Was
- Big Ben Beat
- Bats In The Afternoon Sky
- Summerland
- Come Running
- A Good Time Pushed
All music composed and produced by Kim Deal
Musical Credits
Kim Deal: Bass Guitar, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Lyrics,
Ukulele, Vocals
Alison Chesley: Cello (9)
Kelley Deal: Guitar (2, 5, 11); Backing Vocals (11)
Chris Dixon: Trombone (2)
Dave Easley: Pedal Steel (4)
Nick Eddy: Additional Lyrics (1)
Josh Klinghoffer: Additional Guitar (6)
Lindsay Glover: Drums (2, 4)
Ayse Hassan: Bass Guitar (7)
Patrick Himes: Guitar, Backing Vocals (11)
Jim MacPherson: Drums (5, 11)
Jim McBride: Trumpet (2)
Fay Milton: Drum Programming, Strings, Synths (7)
Jack Lawrence: Bass Guitar (1, 9)
Mando Lopez: Bass Guitar (2, 4, 6)
Michael Mavridoglou: Trumpet (1)
Raymond McGinley: Guitar (11)
Paul Mertens: Horn Arranger & Orchestrator (1, 9); Wind
Arranger, Flute, Clarinet (4), String Co-arranger, French Horn
(9); Saxophone (1)
Mike Montgomery: Backing Vocals (6)
Susan Voelz: String Arranger (1, 4); Violin (1, 4, 9); String
co-arranger (9)
Britt Walford: Drums (1, 9)
Engineering Credits
Steve Albini: Recording Engineer (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11)
Kim Deal: Recording Engineer (All tracks)
Taylor Hales: Assistant Engineer (5)
Patrick Himes: Recording Engineer (11)
Mike Montgomery: Recording Engineer (1, 4, 6, 9)
Ben Mumphrey: Engineer (all tracks)
Manny Nieto: Recording Engineer (6)
Jon San Paola: Assistant Engineer (2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11)
Chris Witt: Assistant Engineer (5)
Recorded at Candyland Recording Studio, Dayton, KY; Electrical
Audio, Chicago, IL; Manny’s Mic Locker Studio, Los Angeles,
CA; Reel Love Recording Company, Dayton, OH; Summerland,
Summerland Key, FL; and Kim’s Basement
Mixed by Marta Salogni at Studio Zona, London
Mastered by Heba Kadry, NYC
Production Assistance: Ben Mumphrey & Kyle Rector
Artwork Credits
Creative Director: Alex Da Corte
ADC Studio Lead Fabricator: Jake Wheeler
Costume: Chloe Kucirka
Set: Matt Alie, Lanie Belmont, Matt Bogacki, Senan Bracken, Cy Gavin, Alec McGovern, Alicia Rinier
Still Photographer: Rachel Brennecke
Retouching: Clint Hild
VFX Supervisor: Elliott Sellers
Lead CGI Artist: Erik Ferguson
Additional CGI: Harvey Benschoter
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