The Breeders - Mountain Battles
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Free Music Review: TO ANY REAL BREEDERS FANS OUT THERE
Hit: 4 Stars
So OBVIOUSLY, if the only other Breeders song your going to mention is "cannonball"- ok Ill give you props for mentioning the amps- you do not know enough about this band- Im givin 4 stars here and thats only cause Im deployed in Iraq and I can only hear the songs on the bands myspace player - just to cut to the chase- if yr a fan of this band then this is another blistering damn set- some of the songs remind me more of "Oh" and "Do you love me now" and "Off You" so if you can dig that vein of their material then you'll dig this record- dont even pay attention to "Rez-poop" or whatever his name is- what a Lame-O! Free Music Review: This "All Wave" release creates no waves.
Hit: 1 Stars
- I want to start this review stating the following. I am a Pixies listener since day one and have collected literally everything they have released including all cds, lps and 45s. I own almost all the promos and bootlegs, as well as a huge list of rare promo items that record companies send out such as Pixies Pixie Stix, prayer candle and eyeball keychain to name just a few. I even own the rare and much sought after 17 track demo cassette that fans later nicknamed the "Purple Tape". I love almost all Frank Black's solo releases, The Breeders releases and the side project The Amps. Another thing that makes this review so hard and gut-wrenching is the fact that I absolutely love Steve Albini as a musician and producer.
- I am very sorry to say however that I can not give this cd a good review. The recording is very flawed for digital release and the music itself is horribly boring. The combination of the two make it absolutely unbearable to listen to.
- The Breeders recorded this release using what they call the "All Wave" way of recording. The "All Wave" philosophy, which, loosely stated, is that everything would be an analog sound recording of someone playing or singing, rather than a computer generating a simulation, or digitally manipulated sounds separated from the dimension of time in which they were performed. This sounds cool to me at first. I love analog recording techniques much more than the current techniques of all digital "Pro Tools" computer recordings that seem to be used by too many bands today. The Breeders go a bit overboard with it as they carried this "All Wave" process through the entire production and mastering process, including mixing, editing, sequencing, post-production and the exceptional step of an all-analog direct-metal master for Lps. Here in lies what seems to be the downfall of this recording. Somewhere along the lines, one of the post production guys or mastering guys did not follow the idea on its original trajectory and what results is a muddy mess. There are no highs or low sounds in this recording. There is only a droning midrange sound. The irony is that the resulting sound on cd is what would result if you over manipulated something with digital means until it was a compressed mess of sound. Not unlike bad MP3 conversions. The recording has been robbed of the range that you know might have been there at the time of the recording, but as end users we are left wondering what could have been.
- The music itself is lethargic and at times is so slow and void of any real content that I found myself wondering "Is this really that punchy-poppy band I once loved?" I wanted to hit the "Cannonball" button on my deck but sadly no button like this exists on my stereo. There is an almost complete lack of wit and sharp edge that usually accompanies a Breeders recording. Sadly the combination of the absolutely deaf mastering tech and the anesthetized band I had to throw this cd promptly in the garbage. I have only done that a few times since I started collecting music in the 70s.
- The only reason why I gave this cd a 1 star rating instead of a zero is the fact that Vaughan Oliver made a wonderful package that is truly one of his best to date.