On March 1 2025, Kim Deal hosted a once-in-a-lifetime sold-out performance at London’s historic Barbican, playing special orchestrated renditions of songs from her acclaimed debut solo album Nobody Loves You More, followed by tracks from The Breeders’ back catalog and earlier solo work. The evening, culminating with a heartfelt standing ovation, was documented in full, to be released as a live record entitled Live at the Barbican on November 13 — arriving almost two years after Nobody Loves You More’s initial release (on November 22, 2024) and rounding out its celebrations.
Live at the Barbican finds Deal backed by a 25-piece ensemble, marking the first time in a decades-long career, that she has played with an orchestra. The idea for the performance came to Deal while mixing her solo album in Hackney:
“I invited myself! That’s how I came to play ‘Nobody Loves You More’ at the Barbican.
Years ago, I had worked with Chris Sharp at the 4AD label and I knew he was currently at The Barbican. So, I reached out to dear Chris and said I have orchestration on this record. I would love to be able to perform these songs with an actual orchestra. And Chris said yes, we’d love to have you.”
Alongside the orchestra and Shards choir, Deal was also joined by a band composed of Mando Lopez (The Breeders), Susan Voelz (Poi Dog Pondering), Lindsay Glover, Nick White (Phoebe Bridgers), and Rob Bochnik (The Frames), as well as special guest Raymond McGinley (Teenage Fanclub). The live record was mixed at Studio Black Box and mastered by Heba Kadry.
Live at the Barbican is also accompanied by a live performance film under the same name, directed by Cuan Roche. Its trailer is out today.
Kim Deal – Live at the Barbican
Live Film Dir. Cuan Roche
>> WATCH THE TRAILER <<
Nobody Loves You More 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 a 2013 self-released five-part, ten-song seven-inch vinyl series). Along the way Deal enlisted 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), Savages’ Fay Milton and Ayse Hassan, and Steve Albini, who recorded much of the record.
Kim Deal’s Live at the Barbican will be released digitally and on limited edition 2xLP Magenta Vinyl and CD from November 13. The album’s accompanying live film of the same name will also be released on November 13. For more information, head HERE.
Kim Deal – Live at the Barbican
4AD0922 | November 13, 2026
Formats: Digital | 2xLP Magenta Vinyl | CD
[Download Hi-Res Artwork HERE]
TRACKLISTING
A1 Nobody Loves You More
A2 Coast
A3 Crystal Breath
A4 Are You Mine?
A5 Disobedience
B1 Wish I Was
B2 Big Ben Beat
B3 Summerland
B4 Come Running with Raymond McGinley
B5 A Good Time Pushed with Raymond McGinley
C1 Beautiful Moon
C2 Night of Joy
C3 We’re Gonna Rise
C4 Safari
D1 Walking with a Killer
D2 Biker Gone
D3 Off You
D4 Do You Love Me Now?
CREDITS
Kim Deal Band
Kim Deal – guitar/vocal
Mando Lopez – bass
Susan Voelz – violin
Lindsay Glover – drums
Nick White – keys
Rob Bochnik – guitar
& special guest
Raymond McGinley – guitar
Orchestra
Terry Edwards (MD) – flute and trumpet
Howard Gott – violin
Lucy Wilkins – violin
Fiona Brice – violin
Clementine Browne – violin
Charlotte Cummings – violin
Calina de la Mare – viola
Sophia Sirota – viola
Ian Burdge – cello
Sarah Willson – cello
Freddy Wordsworth – trumpet
Harry Brown – trombone
Tim Anderson – french horn
Shards Choir
Kieran Brunt – director
Lucy Cronin – vocalist
Kate Huggett – vocalist
Rose Martin – vocalist
Hèloïse Werner – vocalist
Front of House Mixing and Recording by Peter Deimel with Étienne Clauzel
Mixing of Live Recordings at Studio Black Box, France by Peter Deimel with Étienne Clauzel
Mastered by Heba Kadry
Musical Direction by Terry Edwards
String Arrangements by Susan Voelz
Photography by Steve Gullick, Cuan Roche, & Patrick Amory
Designed by Alison Fielding
In loving memory of Steve Albini & Harry Brown
[Download Hi-Res Product Shot for Magenta 2xLP HERE]
PRAISE FOR NOBODY LOVES YOU MORE
“Glorious, life-affirming pop…one of Deal’s best ever albums” – MOJO’s Album of the Month, *****
“A solo debut worth waiting for…Mellifluous pop.” – The Observer, ****
“A reminder of why Kim Deal remains such a powerful inspiration.” – Record Collector, ****
“Celebrates Deal’s individual brilliance.” – NME, ****
“A definitive and long-overdue solo statement from one of American rock music’s true titans.” – Rolling Stone UK
“Filled with musical and emotional twists…A statement of evolution from a fiercely independent artist in maturity.” – New York Times
“An incredible distillation of what Kim Deal does best. An architect of hard and soft, fuzzy distortion but also romance and softness.” – NPR
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