Live Shows: Kim Deal and Ratboys, The Wilbur, Boston, MA 3/10/24
Last year Kim Deal released an excellent solo album, Nobody Loves You More. It was unlike anything we had heard from the alt-rock legend in her decades long career, but still fit what she's always done perfectly. When it was announced that her solo tour would be coming to The Wilbur in Boston, I knew I wanted to go, especially since I wasn't quite sure what to expect. Taking the stage with ten other musicians (including two horns, a violin, a cello, and two back up singers), Kim Deal proceeded to play all of Nobody Loves You More from start to finish. The songs had a new life live, with musicianship and the full use of an eleven piece band on full display. Kim Deal seemed a little nervous playing these songs live, and even commented on that feeling during the show. With Pixies and The Breeders, a lot can be covered up by pure alt-rock volume. That's not the case with this collection of mostly delicate and quiet songs. Songs like "Coast," "Crystal Breath,...