I first came across The Breeders in Scotland in the very early 90’s. I had just started at Sony and was up in Edinburgh to meet Teenage Fanclub. The meeting 
never happened (even though I admitted that it did) and the band ended up signing to Creation. I think the band had just recorded their debut album “Pod” in Edinburgh with Steve Albini who at the time had just worked with “The Pixies” on their “Surfer Rosa” album. The gig that I saw was at The Assembly rooms and I remembered wondering at the time why all the majors were trying to sign bands who inevitably would want to sign to Beggars, Mute, Creation, Rough Trade…..I remember at the time thinking that the indies should stick to what they were good at and the majors should ensure that there was sufficient in the coffers to pay for our lunches at The Ivy and Quaglinos.
A few years later whilst watching The Breeders at the Reading Festival I realised that I have made a bit of mistake, their last album “The Last Splash” had sold around three million copies and “Cannonball” had become the most played video on MTV. Oh well I doubt that they would have wanted to have signed to Sony, even though they were looking for a distribution deal in the US and Europe.
So watching The Breeders tonight was a bit strange, I expected them to be brilliant however the gig plodded along with a couple of obvious highlights however overall the best way to describe the show would be half arsed. The new album is dull and it would seem that The Breeders are resting on their laurels, that said playing a couple of nights at Koko is no big deal when in the past they have sold out Alexander Palace. The new album has a couple of decent tracks however I would not recommending rushing out to buy it.
Written by John Rahim