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“Hot N’ Fresh from Pardon The Interruption is cool and funky. Opening with “Opa!,” Pardon The Interruption (PTI) lays down a funky horn saturated track with Rob Hooper on drums, Rob Fordcye on bass and backing vocal, Jamison Smeltz on horns and backing vocal, David Noble on guitar and backing vocal Luis Carbo on percussion, and Benjamin Williams on djembe. Solid opener. “We Can Figure It Out” is a pretty cool track as well with a Parliament feel. I mean, how can you not like this with it’s intense percussion thing and the heavy bass line. “Higher” has a reggae flavor with a more modern feel like a blend of R&B and the Police. With a stiff rhythm line by Noble on guitar and solid lead vocal this track has a good feel. Wrapping the release is “Life Is Fantastic,” with it’s pure radio appeal. Lead vocals by Smeltz, and a lightly funky rhythm, complimented by Smeltz’s sassy sax solo makes this the definite choice for the radio. Solid closer.”
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“Press “play” on the band’s second album, Hot N’ Fresh, and you’ll hear funky blues (“Opa!”), Elvis-inspired stompers (“We Can Figure It Out”), sock-hop rockers (“Cindy Will Prevail”), angular prog (“Construction Man”), Eighties pop (“Life Is Fantastic”) and reggae-influenced yacht rock (“Higher”). This much is true: However the hell you want to categorize Pardon the Interruption’s playful music, these guys will make you want to sing loud and shake your ass like you just don’t care.
This is tasty stuff, especially if you’re not sure what you’re hungry for. Interruption pardoned.”
-Michael Popke, Sea of Tranquility
Translated: “The musicians of Pardon The Interruption are simply so clever in their songwriting and implementation that they now have their very own pizza in the stone oven. The most important components of the nine tracks presented here are groove and rhythm, plus an almost vibrant joy of playing, which alone is worth the fun of sweetening the current summer with it. The good 42 minutes go into the legs as well as into the stomach and finally even arrive in the head. What is meant by the latter point is that here at times highly complicated rhythms come across as loose and shot from the hip as if it were the simplest relaxation drug in all of south-western Europe.”
Translated: “Hot n’ Fresh flies free, without stylistic limitations and proves to be a genuinely delicious record.
There are nine original tracks with an intense and infectious groove and swing. Upbeat, danceable, fun-filled rhythms that won’t let anyone stop. A fusion of funk, ska, reggae, roots, soul and energetic rock, always well brushed with big bass and cinematic horns. All framed in truly exciting themes.”
“This is inventive and downright fun music. It’s just a good time. The killer jazzy jam [“Opa!”] is packed full of funk and style. The blend of sounds on [“Cindy Will Prevail”] is pretty amazing. This has some musical theater elements, jazz, Americana, old school rock and roll and more built into it. This is bouncy, fun and so creative.”
-Gary Hill, Music Street Journal
“The “Hot N’ Fresh” label doesn’t really describe it: this album is genuinely delicious.
The muscular funk of opener “Opa!” should cause the listener to grin like a Cheshire cat which licked a greasy spoon, yet the main reason the foursome grab their followers by the lapels and don’t let go until the audience are well-fed and satisfied is the collective’s optimistic, existence-affirming outlook.”
“Pardon The Interruption has put down a complex, cheerful and entertaining album!”
“The world is a complicated and messy place. Social, political, racial, environmental, and personal problems can become overwhelming. This song is about holding hope that humans have the capacity to create and solve their own problems.
The video footage was shot by Bill Daddario and edited by Sam Huff at Bearfish Productions. Locations include Point San Pablo Harbor, Black Star Pirate BBQ, Golden Gate Park Bandshell, and the de Young Museum.
Check out the rest of Pardon The Interruption’s videos + music at ptimusic.com”
“This free flowingly melodic, charmingly-hued new recording opens on the funky grooves within Opa! and the bass-led, heavy southern blues vibe of We Can Figure It Out and then brings us the lighter, SKA-esquse appeal of Cindy Will Prevail, the pop-rock of Construction Man, and then comes the luxurious rhythms, coupled with a magnificent ’80s AOR-balladry guitar/sax break within Rhythm Is Right.
Along next are the funky, slap guitar one minute, low slung balladry the next of the genre-flaunting It’s Complicated and that is itself backed seamlessly by the dreamy, mid-tempo I Used To Drive, the album rounding out all too soon on the low key rocksteady appeal of Higher, closing on the guitar-led foot tapper Life Is Fantastic.”
Click Here to Listen to “Cindy Will Prevail”!
Click Here to Read the SKYLIGHT WEBZINE Interview with David Noble of PARDON THE INTERRUPTION!
PARDON THE INTERRUPTION was the featured Band Of The Day at Maximum Volume Music!
For Immediate Release – San Francisco, CA – Roaring out of the fog-shrouded hills of Sonoma and drowning out the chatter, prog-pop troubadours PARDON THE INTERRUPTION (aka PTI) are taking their place and asserting their voice in the storied musical conversation of the San Francisco Bay Area. Available worldwide April 14, 2023, PTI’s sophomore release HOT N’ FRESH finds the band in full stride with nine original tracks mining every corner of the indie-pop-funk spectrum, always with a self-effacing smile and a nod to the progressive rock of the ’80s and ’90s that is the quartet’s uniting influence.
With a powerful energy and a unique sound, PARDON THE INTERRUPTION is a 4-piece fusion outfit that creates original music pulling from genres including rock, roots, funk, soul, ska, reggae, and more. One foot is planted firmly in the past, paying homage to some of the most singular and iconic artists of the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s. The other is stepping boldly forward, producing original material that is at once nostalgically familiar while also entirely modern and unique. But the nuanced complexity of their music never overshadows the raw energy and pure joy that characterize PTI’s live performances, perpetually keeping audiences glued to the dance floor and ready for more. It’s undeniable fun. It will make you dance. It’s like a perfect pepperoni pizza. It’s HOT N’ FRESH!
Band leader, lead singer, and guitarist David Noble has assembled three of the finest, most versatile session musicians in Northern California, and as PARDON THE INTERRUPTION they have fostered a cohesion that transcends music. PTI’s love for each other and for their craft is visceral. You can feel it. Engineer/co-producer Sean Beresford captured that same energy in the sessions that laid the foundation for the HOT N’ FRESH album, recorded live with minimal overdubs at Calliope West in San Rafael, CA.
David Noble is a San Francisco native who has made stops in Denver and L.A. and is himself among the top echelon of Bay Area guitar-slingers when not fronting PTI with groups like Wreckless Strangers and Poor Man’s Whiskey. As a child of the ‘80s, Noble’s writing successfully synthesizes his love for pop legends like David Bowie, Talking Heads, and The Police with groundbreaking Bay Area art rock/ska artists like Mr. Bungle and Fishbone — deeply personal and deceptively intricate songs sugar-coated with accessible and catchy hooks.
Bassist Rob Fordyce (Peer Pressure, The Ring, Big Brother and the Holding Company) is a force of nature. Yes, he brings the funk, but that descriptor is far too narrow. Fordyce’s propulsive groove and unstoppable enthusiasm are the engine of PTI, the heart and the soul that power the machine, and his explosive chops rival the best the Bay Area has to offer.
Drummer Rob Hooper (aka The Other Rob) may be the most in-demand Americana drummer in Northern California, bringing his gravitas, experience, and rock-solid beats that were honed and hard-earned over decades in Austin, TX, where he worked with Jimmy Dale Gilmore, The Resentments, Carolyn Wonderland, and countless others.
Jamison Smeltz (D8FeX, mRthKon, Ten Ton Chicken) is George’s brother. (Just kidding!) He’s the wild card — the joker — playing an eclectic array of instruments with jaw-dropping proficiency. Smeltz melds the art-pop sensibilities of Bowie and Prince with his shameless love for progressive rock icons like Yes who first inspired him to take up…the saxophone? Yup, that’s Jamison!
With each show PARDON THE INTERRUPTION is demanding the attention of fans of funk, pop, ska, jam, prog, and just plain rock n’ roll. Their new album captures a band at the peak of their skills and creativity, poised to break into major venues and festivals nationwide. Best to catch them while they’re HOT N’ FRESH!
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