Kim Deal has released plenty of legendary music in the past four decades, but she's somehow never shared solo music under her own name. That changes today with "Coast," Deal's debut 4AD solo single.
The song is a sunny, ramshackle thing dotted with horns and Deal's warmer-than-ever voice. It was recorded by the late Steve Albini at Electrical Audio Studio in Chicago. Kelley Deal plays guitar on the track, alongside Lindsay Glover and Breeders alum Mando Lopez on rhythm section and horns by Chicago marching band Mucca Pazza.
"Coast" was written in 2020 after Deal watched a friend's wedding band — the Grape Whizzers — jamming Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" with "revelatory levels of low self-esteem." However, the song's roots go all the way back to a summer Deal spent on Nantucket in 2000, despite "[hating] the sun, beach and watersports."
The Breeders' last album was 2018's All Nerve. Check out "Coast" below.