Bringing it back to these shores, Dayton’s The Breeders may have started as a “side project” for Kim Deal, fresh out of the friction of the Pixies, but by the time Last Splash dropped in 1993, it was clear she wasn’t sidestepping anything — she was building her own empire out of distortion pedals, surf riffs, and the kind of dry wit you can only learn from a youth of Midwestern boredom and too much late-night TV. Let’s dive in.

“Summer is ready when you are”

There are albums that feel like landmarks — Last Splash is one of them. Not the kind with a plaque and a gift shop, but the kind you stumble across on a road trip, slightly sun-faded and buzzing with weird, unnamable energy. The Breeders’ 1993 breakthrough is a cracked pop gem with feedback for frosting, an album that has no business

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