Jenny Toomey Halts Tour, Works with Calexico, Bruno
Catherine Lewis reports:
Those who liked "Keeping the Weekend Free" from Liquorice's 1995
album Listening Cap are in for a real treat. That song --
which was sung, of course, by Tsunami/Grenadine/Liquorice frontwoman
Jenny Toomey -- was written by frequent Toomey collaborator/Nothing
Painted Blue songwriter Franklin Bruno. Seven years later and lo and
behold -- Toomey will be singing a whole record full of Bruno-penned
songs, on an album scheduled to come out in late summer on Misra
Records. Toomey and Bruno are joined in the studio by the band that
seems to play with everybody these days, Calexico (these guys
are so busy, I don't know how they have time to record their own
albums).
Bruno's own record, A Cat May Look At A Queen, has been bumped
to an early June release on Absolutely Kosher. Calexico's Joey Burns
and Jacob Valenzuela appear on the album, which was recorded
partially at their Tuscon studio and partially in Los Angeles with
Dave Trumfio. Cellist/bassist Amy Domingues (Edith Frost, Jenny
Toomey), drummer Tommy Larkins (Jonathan Richman), and Nothing
Painted Blue's Kyle Brodie also lent a hand. Tracklist:
01 Dashboard Issues
02 Lies On Your Lips
03 Janet Shaw
04 I Blame You
05 Tired of the West
06 Threadbare
07 A Cat May Look At A Queen
08 Bulk Removal Truck
09 Callous
10 Dossier
11 Love's Got A Ghetto
12 Two Purple Shadows
13 Blue's the Only Color
Toomey's spring tour in support of last year's double-disc
Antidote has been canceled, but she will be making an
appearance March 14th at SXSW's Misra Records showcase at the Red
Room in Austin, with Summer Hymns, Marshmallow Coast, and the Mendoza
Line, with special guests Franklin Bruno and Bloodthirsty Lovers (the
new band from ex-Grifter/Those Bastard Souls frontman Dave Shouse)
and again on March 16th with Pine Valley Cosmonauts at Mother
Egan's.
.: Pitchfork Review: Jenny
Toomey: Antidote
.: Jenny Toomey: http://www.jennytoomey.com
.: Franklin Bruno: http://www.southern.com/southern/band/BRUNO
.: Calexico: http://www.casadecalexico.com
.: Misra Records: http://www.misrarecords.com
.: Absolutely Kosher: http://www.absolutelykosher.com
.: Originally published: 8 March 2002
.: Items mentioned above on Amazon.com:
Listening Cap (Liquorice, 1995);
Antidote (Jenny Toomey, 2001);
A Cat May Look At A Queen (Franklin Bruno, 2002);
Tempting: Jenny Toomey Sings the Songs of Franklin Bruno (2002).
