experimental indie rock

16 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Acoustic, SPOKEN WORD: With Music



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Almost 40 releases, through various bands, into his career, Tim has rarely lost focus in setting a different criterion for originality in the music we hear day to day. Thatâs not his intention, however, but merely the bi-product of his ingenuity in getting his point across in distorted lyrics (in this albumâs case: straightforward) and desperate, often times, sparse instrumentation. The aforementioned âstraightforwardâ branding on Timâs lyrics this time around, which are usually anything aside from, couldnât be a better word to describe. Field Recordings⦠is composed of 16 tracks, three of which contain spoken word ponderings. Think of Tim sitting down with a recorder discussing philosophy and symbolic stories around a violent baseball game. Don't think this is your average college professor lecture, though. Tim plays along with some high-brow material, while keeping it relatively tongue-in-cheek, typical of his fashion. While this sounds far from interesting for those unacquainted with âKinsella-ologyâ, his articulation of particular feelings, notions, imagery, etc. is absolutely beautiful. âA cross in its most immediate moment of recognition must mean intersection. So whatâs so threatening about peopleâs reactions to intersection? That the historic dominant powers needed to hang a gory corpse on it, to lock what door it may potentially open. Intersection is mind and body, time and space. Course weâre out of time. We were never in it to begin with.â âPretentiousâ is an adjective most throw out when faced with some of Kinsellaâs over-the-head meanderings, but when you get into the space of it and the albumâs overall ânighttime in natureâ feel, it really sinks in as a profound experience, even through the 35+ minute story about a boy facing inevitable humiliation when forced to pitch in baseball against his own will, setting up a juxtaposition with the coach, Mr. Pepper, and his inability, or possibly disinterest, in defending the new pitcher. On the flip side, however, Field Recordingâ¦âs instrumental tracks will appeal more than Kinsellaâs philosophical sit-downs. âIntro: A Grave Affectationâ couples a rotating acoustic guitar with distant whistles, slowly bringing in an outdoorsy feel that will be reiterated in bird chirps and other various animal calls in âMonkey Heartbeat Departure Hourâ. Speaking of, all of the animal sounds and grass ruffling (âA 4-Way Game of Chessâ¦â) are said to be actual recordings taped, along with the music as well, between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m., hence the album titled Field Recordings of Dreams. While the instrumentation maintains a theme fairly well, it lacks when compared to Kinsellaâs previous efforts. Missing Tim simply playing the guitar and singing the blues on previous solo ventures makes me regret spending time listening to rotary guitar-play and electronically dense bridges on âPiss On Glass Mall Waterfall #3â or persistently in-your-face harmonica leads in âI Dreamât Iâd Already Dreamed All my Dreams Beforeâ. On the subject of old releases, a Joan of Arc-like âfillerâ can be found on âA Tune Is As Close As the Cat Gets To A Diamondâ, a Captain Beefheart reference and an eclectic electronic track that manages to maintain a backbone in spite of the electronic âswipesâ and âstuttersâ constantly circulating the ambient sound scape. Though not the best instrumentals Kinsella has put out over his career, they'll allure old fans and fans of electronically-snug guitar meanderings alike.