James Palko embraces his alter-ego through 10 earworms packed with sensual, time-honored horns, technicolor riffs and a choir of falsettos.
Queens singer-songwriter and Taking Meds bassist and it was a standout measure of primitive, hook-heavy guitar-rock. Tracks like “Life Support” and “Outside” and “Wading Out” were real gorgeous, rewarding and clean mini-celebrations of a four-piece really in-tune with each other. Cut to now, and bassist James Palko has returned to his solo project, Jimmy Montague, for a third go-around.
The festivities kick off with “Tell You That You’re Right” and its Nick Lowe-style, organ-licked opening melody that explodes into a solo breakdown that puts the focus on rhythm and plenty of it. A bassline throbs deliciously, the percussion lends itself to a starring snare and then, beautifully, sensual horns. An echo chamber of vocal harmonies from Jess Hall—not unlike something Lesley Miller, Valerie Simpson and Patti Austin might have sung on—envelopes around Palko’s own singing.
“No New Starts ” has a certain jingle to it that is the antithesis to anthemic projection, as Palko muses on goodbyes and fresh beginnings. “Was writing all my fond farewells to ones I used to kiss and tell,” he sings, “on postcards from the corner store when, if only for a moment, had a thoughtful observation that the other side of the line’s been cut.
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