Kim Deal was an instrumental member of the Pixies. But The Breeders was her thing. It was and is the project that truly celebrates her natural musical inclinations. And “Cannonball” is their anthem. It was coy. It was playful. It made distortion a wistful technique. It made tempo shifts and pregnant pauses as important as the slithering guitar licks. And it had that killer bass line starting at the :20 mark that introduced us to one of the defining alt rock moments of the early 90’s.

“Spitting in a wishing well. Blown to hell crash. I'm the last splash.”