Last Splash (1993)
So Kim Deal moves on to (hopefully) greener pastures, escaping the grasp of the royally annoying Francis The Black. The hope? Greater commercial success while at the same time being able to flex her muscles for a change (for more than one track an album). So she goes and writes a hit bigger than the Pixies ever had, “Cannonball”, a true hit single (“Monkey Gone To Heaven” never made as much of a Splash). Great for her, I always liked her vocals in the Pixies, and maybe just maybe she kept Black Francis from going totally off-the-wall insane with his lyrics. That said, the problem here is that there are precious few other moments where any evidence at all is found to support the supposition that she was “stifled” in her previous band. The George Harrison of the early-to-mid 90’s, perhaps?
(“Cannonball”)
Grade: C