The Refreshments
A Stiff One
(Wild Kingdom)
For a band to be likened to Rockpile, as have the Refreshments, is indeed high praise. And it's merited. The latter shares the former's affinity for unpretentious Rock'n'Roll that flaunts Country inclinations, hearty harmonies, and original songcraft which honors traditional musical values. But to all of that (and herein lies the crucial observation), the Refreshments add personal expressiveness; that quality establishes them as worth remark for their own merit. Barroom piano and rousing horns join the standard (and assertive) instrumental line-up, and from their collaboration issue sounds both engaging and convivial.
Recommended: "Travellin' Light," "Somebody Else You've Known," "The Light Of Love," "Mary Jean," "Shim Sham Shimmy," "Châteauneuf-Du-Pape," "Slippery Slope," "She's Got What It Takes," "Go Go Go"
Video: "Mary Jean"
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