NEWS4U JANUARY 2022 | MUSIC
TIMOTHY
SEED Patoka multiinstrumentalist releases My Flower Wilted, second in a series of experimental EPs
And this three-track EP is a wild ride, for sure, fusing elements of Tom Petty, Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Big Black, Jesus Lizard and more - all tied together via some truly intense lyrics that border on gothic at times. Bingham's style is appealingly abrasive, even unsettling on occasion, as evidenced by opening track "Electroshock" which begins with a fairly standard 4-chord acoustic guitar progression before slowly morphing into a fuzzed-out freak-out as he details the dark side of religion: "Exercise my demons while your wife f***s the congregation/ Private torture in the Christian school/ Choir boys learn the golden rule/ Electroshock therapy." That twisted gem is followed by the relentless title track which is an early candidate for song/recording of 2022. Here, Bingham and Tyner totally hit the mark in tandem, producing an absolutely riveting 3 minutes and 50 seconds of adrenaline rush, with one amazing guitar riff after another driving it forward - capped by Bingham's unhinged vocals that seem to hover in the background menacingly. Brilliant.
In the best way possible, Timothy Bingham is an outlier
My Flower Wilted concludes via the nearly 10-minute
in the tri-state music scene. Geographically speaking, the
"Bloodsport" which stomps along with brute force,
Patoka farmer exists outside
increasingly
dominated
the loop of local bars and
by
guitars
entertainment venues, but
Bingham seems to gasp
he's also creatively out
for air, drowning in the
there, happily marching to
cesspool
the beat of his own drum.
"God I'm so ashamed to
And actually, Bingham -
be/ Are we human?/ Let's
or Timothy Seed, as his
kill each other and then
ongoing solo project is
we'll see.../ Bloodsport for
dubbed - is a drummer...
the centuries." It's a fitting
and a guitarist, bassist and
way to end this willfully
vocalist. Just like on his
strange EP that entirely
debut EP released a year
succeeds
ago, he's a one-man band,
something
performing the follow-up,
and, well, out there. You're
My Flower Wilted, all by his
simply not going to come
lonesome, proving that you
across anything quite like
don't have to rely on other
distorted
of
in
as
mankind:
creating provocative
it anytime soon and that's
musicians to make something great. In this case, Bingham
a compliment of the highest order. And it's not the last of
simply needed the assistance of Steve Tyner at Black Cat
Timothy Seed by any stretch; Bingham has more recordings
Recording to bring his adventurous song ideas to life.
on the horizon, so stay tuned...
My Flower Wilted and other Timothy Seed releases are available at timothyseed.bandcamp.com.
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