The Amps - Pacer

JUL 01 1995 · 12:00

The Amps - Pacer (1995) Era: Mid-90s Alt-Rock/Indie Underground (1995) - Kim Deal side project released during Breeders hiatus; lo-fi garage-punk aesthetic aligned with the Dayton, OH indie underground and college radio culture of the mid-Clinton era High archival value as a rare moving-image document of the Amps, a critically reconsidered one-album act whose sole record has gained significant retrospective esteem. The video's raw, fast-cut performance aesthetic is an authentic artifact of mid-90s indie underground visual culture, unpolished, warm-lit, and kinetically edited in a manner that mirrors the album's lo-fi philosophy. Essential for any collection documenting the 4AD roster, Kim Deal's non-Breeders output, or the Dayton indie scene. Context: Released in October 1995 on 4AD (UK) and Elektra (US), 'Pacer' was the title track of the Amps' only album, a side project Kim Deal formed during the Breeders' hiatus following the massive success of 'Last Splash' (1993). The band assembled around Deal included Breeders drummer Jim Macpherson and Dayton, Ohio musicians Nate Farley and Luis Lerma. The album's lo-fi, garage-punk ethos aligned it closely with the Guided by Voices aesthetic dominant in mid-90s college radio; Robert Pollard co-wrote one track. The video reflects the anti-commercial, stripped-back visual sensibility of the 4AD indie underground during the peak of the alternative rock era, positioned deliberately apart from the polished MTV mainstream despite sharing the same commercial infrastructure. Director notes: The video is consistent with low-budget indie music video production of 1995, likely shot in a rehearsal or club setting with minimal crew. No production company or director credit has surfaced in any searchable database or music press record as of 2026.