The Mumlers: Don’t Throw Me Away
May 15th, 2010 by gcunniff
Check Our Catalog“The Mumlers take their name from a 19th-century man who claimed he could photograph spirits. So probably the least contentious point of comparison between the California sextet and its namesake is that the Mumlers’ Don’t Throw Me Away is also haunted by ghosts. The crisp, direct start to the album verges on aggressive but never affronts the listener with its slithering flutes and an arrangement of horns that swell like mercury in a thermometer. It’s total dirge, with hints of both klezmer and New Orleans jazz, and swiftly but smoothly sinks us into an eerie, evocative fugue.” –Pop Matters