The Breeders - Last Splash (30Th Anniversary Edition)

Released: 22/09/23

How do you improve on what many (us included) believe to be a perfect alt-rock record, the defining statement from the dream team of Kim Deal, Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs and Jim Macpherson? An album that features the sublime, zeitgeist-surfing Cannonball' and Divine Hammer' among its number? Well, first up you stumble on the original analogue tapes, previously thought to be lost, and expertly remaster them (not least because, well, the original version is a little quiet), placing them all on two 12 45rpm discs; then you include two unreleased tracks from the original Last Splash sessions, which were re-discovered in the process, on a one-sided, etched 12 disc: Go Man Go', a track that Kim Deal co-wrote with Black Francis, and Divine Mascis', a version of Divine Hammer' that features lead vocals by Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis. And then, you take the original iconic sleeve art by the late visionary designer Vaughan Oliver, and ask Oliver's long-time design partner Chris Bigg to reimagine it. Finally, you include a beautiful, glossy lyric book replete with pictures of the band ¦ . WANT YOU! CUCKOO! CANNONBALL!'