Formats
SHR148 - CD
759718114829
Details
EIGHTH FULL-LENGTH RELEASE FROM LONGTIME SHRIMPER VETS, FEATURES GUEST MUSICIAN FRANKLIN BRUNO (NOTHING PAINTED BLUE, MOUNTAIN GOATS) THE ALBUM FEATURES TWELVE ORIGINALS WITH FRANKLIN BRUNO (NOTHING PAINTED BLUE, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS) ON PIANO. WHILE THE QUARTET'S PREVIOUS RECORD, UPSTAIRS IN YOUR ROOM, SQUEALED AND SQUALLED THROUGH TWO-MINUTE ROCK WORKOUTS IN THE STYLE OF THE GROUP'S EARLY YEARS, THEIR NEWEST HAS NO ELECTRIC INSTRUMENTATION AT ALL. COHESIVE BOTH MUSICALLY AND THEMATICALLY, BOTTLES OF MAKE UP IS FAR FROM LO-FI / NO-FI AFFECTATION.
BOTTLES OF MAKE UP, THE LATEST FROM REFRIGERATOR, WAS RECORDED IN SHRIMPER CEO DENNIS CALLACI?S LIVING ROOM OVER A WEEKEND IN AUGUST, 2006. THERE IS NO MULTI-TRACKED, MUDDLED MIX TO GET LOST IN: ALL THE SONGS WERE LOVINGLY RECORDED DIRECTLY ONTO TWOINCH ANALOG TAPE. WITH DOFFS OF THE CAP TO ARTISTS SUCH AS A.P. CARTER, TIM BUCKLEY, NINA SIMONE, NEED NEW BODY AND ELTON JOHN, THE RECORD LOVINGLY TRAVERSES THE SAME PERVERSE GAMUT. STILL, REFRIGERATOR AVOIDS THE PROG LEANINGS OF BUCKLEY OR THE KIKI DEE ACTION OF JOHN. INSTEAD, BOTTLES OF MAKE UP PLAYS LIKE THE QUIETER MOMENTS OF THEIR FIRST RECORD RENDERED ON A LESS CROWDED CANVAS.
Tracks
1. LIGHT REDS & BLUES
2. SARA CARTER
3. COMEDIANS
4. CIGARETTES & PERFUME
5. FROM THE END OF THE WORLD TO YOUR TOWN
6. BOTTLES OF MAKE UP
7. I'M NOTHING WITHOUT YOU
8. PRIOR TO A TRAPDOOR
9. ROMANTIC BOREDOM NO. 909
10. BLANK CASSETTES
11. WALKING THROUGH WALLS
12. YER BOOMBOX BLUES
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