Today, Kim Deal released her new album, Nobody Loves You More. The collection of 11 songs is the Dayton, Ohio resident’s first full-length album under her own name.
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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, who helmed final track ‘A Good Time Pushed’ at his Electrical Audio studio in Chicago.
Earlier this week, Kim shared the album’s title track. A sonic departure from preceding singles ‘Coast’, ‘Crystal Breath’ and ‘A Good Time Pushed’, album opener ‘Nobody Loves You More’ starts like a tender love song rich with chiaroscuro before erupting into a big band moment, all soaring strings and bombastic horns. To accompany the single, Alex Da Corte brings the Bas Jan Ader-inspired album artwork to life as Deal embarks on a voyage, sure to fail.
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
Every song has a story behind it, from the winter vacations with her parents in Florida Keys (‘Summerland’), wedding band covers of ‘Margaritaville’ (‘Coast’) to her mother’s dementia (‘Are You Mine?’). 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 (Pixies, The Amps, The Breeders), but also to her immovable cultural weight influencing musicians like Kurt Cobain and Olivia Rodrigo through the generations.
To celebrate the release of Nobody Loves You More, Kim Deal has announced headline tour dates for 2025. Starting with a one-off UK performance at London’s Barbican on 1 March, Deal will perform throughout the USA that month. Tickets go on sale this Friday 22 November at 10am local time, pre-sale periods will begin from Tuesday.
KIM DEAL 2025 TOUR DATES
March
1st – Barbican, London, UK
10th – The Wilbur, Boston MA, USA
13th – Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn NY, USA
15th – Capitol Turnaround, Washington DC, USA
21st – Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz CA, USA
23rd – Revolution Hall, Portland OR, USA
24th – Neptune Theatre, Seattle WA, USA
26th – The Fillmore, San Francisco CA, USA
27th – The Belasco, Los Angeles CA, USA
29th – Pappy and Harriets, Joshua Tree CA, USA
30th – Observatory North Park, San Diego CA, USA
Kim Deal
Nobody Loves You More
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1. Nobody Loves You More
2. Coast
3. Crystal Breath
4. Are You Mine?
5. Disobedience
6. Wish I Was
7. Big Ben Beat
8. Bats In The Afternoon Sky
9. Summerland
10. Come Running
11. A Good Time Pushed