Concert Review: The Breeders Are Powerful At Brooklyn Steel
The Breeders have been through a lot in life and music. Yet, when you can say you have been in the “industry” for three decades, that seems normal. The life of an artist is to absorb and transform all the events of their life, both good and bad, into art and thus power. At Brooklyn Steel, The Breeders showed why their power is endless.
It is always a wonder to see a crowd of people flock to an artist as if they are their personal shamans/ soundtracks. Yet, it is, particularly, fascinating when the artist has the voice of Kim Deal. When I say smokey, I mean house fires could not compare to the vaping, building potency of her vocals. From “New Deal” to “Safari”, there is a haunting quality to her voice that snatches every memory you have of feeling surrounded, alone, combative, and euphoric. Their songs play to the unique beauty of someone defending their honor: even if they struggle to see they have it. “I Just Wanna Get Along”, “No Aloha”, “Off You”, and “Spacewoman” were just a few songs playing to protecting your “light/ heart in darkness, especially the darkness you made for yourself.
I have mentioned it before and I will say it again; there is something really special and enlightening about seeing a “seasoned” artist. Some people think the word means “old”, but I think it means confident. Yes, it, usually, takes awhile to get that confidence, but as sisters Kelley and Kim Deal laughed with each other and gazed into the crowd as if WE were their shamans/ soundtracks, I realized “seasoned” means: humility. I truly believe life hits you in the face until you learn to heal yourself and roll with the punches. After awhile, you start to appreciate the good in life, and revel in the fact that, after a fall, you always get back up. From “Divine Hammer” to “Saints”, their percussive, stringed, and overall vocal arrangements felt like hands coming together in that truth to either hold each other or be put up in fists of united strength.
The Breeders are Alternative- Rock Royalty, and have been definers of so many lives and artists. Their Brooklyn Steel show was a celebration of the self-love and wisdom they have gained through their musical lives; something we all wish we could achieve. For More Information of The Breeders Click Here.
