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***Glitter Jazz is Refrigerator's fourth album, their first new material in over two years. As all ornamental horticulturists know Daniel Brodo stands tall next to his upright bass, Chris Jones mans the drums, and the Callaci-Brother magic takes care of the rest (merch booth, lightshow, security-you know, the parts you remember). On these 11 new songs, Refrigerator shares the spotlight with several jazz legends such as Franklin Bruno, Ph.D., of Nothing Painted Blue, Jodi of Shrimper recording artists Secret Stars, Ira and Georgia of Mr. Show collaborators Yo La Tengo, Karle Runge the European, and John Davis of the Folk Implosion. Refrigerator will tour the west coast extensively with Shrimper recording artist Dump in October; an east coast tour is also slated for January. Word jockeys rarely hesitate to tell the world what they make of new Refrigerator albums. One Popwatch writer, a stilt-wearing son of a gun whose posse calls him Steve B., championed the Callaci modus operandi and went so far as to hope that they "stick to it for what may be most of the rest of my life; namely inquisitive, self-abasing, grainy vocals, dirty cardboardy drums, desolation, and pathos." Puncture magazine sent firebrand anti-hiss scribe Bill Meyer after Refrigerator, whom he praised for "parting the curtain of murk and bringing their tunes into focus. Refrigerator's songs are built of strong stuff and stave off the creative bankruptcy that threaten foreclosure on indie rock." In a word, wow. Wow. |
