The Breeders’ ‘Last Splash’ at 20: An interview with Kelley Deal
Kelley Deal discusses the Breeders, the band’s relationship with 4AD, and performing 20-year-old songs for the first time ever
Having been almost totally quiet since 2009’s self-released Fate to Fatal EP, the Breeders return playing songs from their now two-decades old breakout Last Splash LP. To celebrate, the band reformed with its most known lineup - twin sisters Kim and Kelley Deal, Jim Macpherson, and Josephine Wiggs - to perform the album in its entirety along with ephemera from the lineup’s golden era, including potential covers of Guided By Voices, Sebadoh, Pete Townshend, and more. I caught up with Kelley Deal at her home in Dayton, OH to discuss the LSXX rehearsals, the importance of not jamming with assholes, and where the band stands with longtime label 4AD.
You guys are touring in support of LSXX, the 20-year reissue of Last Splash -
We’re actually not touring in support of the reissue of the record. We’re actually touring to celebrate that Last Splash is 20-years old. The reissue kind of happened after the fact. We’re not on 4AD now, but we told them we were doing this tour and were like, “Do you want to re-release something?” and they said, “gasp, yeah.” I think they really only said “No” to us twice during the reissue process for all of the stuff we wanted, so they’ve still been really, really good to us.