Tour of the Week - The Breeders
By: Thomas Hannan
Touring this week:
Leeds Metropolitan University, 09/04/2008
Nottingham Trent Student Union, 10/04/2008
Carling Academy 2, Birmingham, 13/04/2008
Tour then continues:
Manchester University, 14/04/2008
Koko, London, 16/04/2008
Koko, London, 17/04/2008
Why is this worthy of my time and money?: Erm, because the Breeders don't play very often and they're one of the best live bands in the world? Whilst you might have been expecting a more in depth analysis of the myriad charms possessed by the Deal sisters and the often rotating cast of supporting musicians Kim assembles to flesh out the increasingly sparser arrangements that exist on her records, it would essentially boil down to the fact that Breeders dates these days are rarer than Theremins on Good Shoes records, coupled with the indisputable truth nugget that few bands in the world have live shows this free of gimmickry, pretence or celebrity that are this wholesomely wonderful.