With his longtime drummer and percussionist Tommy Larkins and former Modern Lovers bandmate Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) on keyboards, balladeer Jonathan Richman returns with his 18th studio album Only Frozen Sky Anyway, following in his longtime tradition of injecting his lyrical wit into indie rock in a fashion that he has perfected over decades.
…Harrison plays keyboards on five songs, including two tracks that have been made available in advance of the album — “I Was Just a Piece of Frozen Sky” and “O Guitar.” Harrison’s daughter, Aishlin, sings backing vocals on a song titled “But We Might Try Weird Stuff.” Richman’s wife, Nicole Montalbano, plays tamboura on the album’s final two tracks — “The Wavelet”…