Burning Leaves
Timshel
Performed By
Timshel
Album UPC
888174640228
CD Baby Track ID
TR0000321476
Label
Timshel
Released
2014-04-25
BPM
137
Rated
0
ISRC
uscgj1404287
Year
2014
Spotify Plays
7
Writers
Writer
Patrick Alderman Douglas
Pub Co
Patrick Alderman Douglas
Composer
Patrick Alderman Douglas
ClearanceFacebook Sync License,Traditional Sync,YouTube Sync ServiceOne Stop
Rights Controlled
Master and Publishing Grant
Rights
One-Stop: Master + 100% Pub Grant
Original/Cover/Public Domain
original
Country
United States - South Carolina
Description
A folk-rock tidal wave that wears it's ambitions on it's sleeve by courageously embodying its own unique voice. A bold take on classic rock and roll motifs that succeeds in bridging gaps between genres.
Notes
Columbia Rock Band Timshel Invites Catharsis With Shouldering The Rubble
Columbia, SC - “Initially, I think Daniel and I just wanted to get loud,” says vocalist, guitarist, and cellist, Alderman Douglas, when asked to explain the origins of Timshel, the five-piece rock band he and drummer, Daniel Wilson, formed in 2010. Mission more than accomplished. Joined by Michael Shaming on guitar, Ben Irons on bass, and Mario McClean on piano and vocals, Timshel’s soulful euphony hits with an intensity beyond audio perception.
Inspired by Steinbeck’s East of Eden, Timshel lives up to its name through a musical exploration of free will and its trappings, both material and visceral. “Timshel represents that conversation I have with my conscience one hundred times a day,” says Douglas, “I can go with or against God. It’s just a contemplative idea that keeps me present when I have my proverbial shit together.”
The band’s newest release, Shouldering the Rubble, confronts this struggle head on. The juxtaposition of Douglas’ controlled tenor with explosive bluesy rock (think Jeff Buckley meets Zeppelin) adeptly betrays the curse within the gift. While traditional versus/chorus/bridge structures are a rarity for the album, each track provides narration for a meandering, but entirely relatable, journey from painful self-doubt, to an almost manic determination to overcome past failings, tethered by an empowered self-awareness. Therein lies the hook. The other side of spiritual growth can feel akin to surviving one’s own personal war. Timshel invites veterans and current warriors alike to share in a collective catharsis.
- Jenni Brennison
Columbia, SC - “Initially, I think Daniel and I just wanted to get loud,” says vocalist, guitarist, and cellist, Alderman Douglas, when asked to explain the origins of Timshel, the five-piece rock band he and drummer, Daniel Wilson, formed in 2010. Mission more than accomplished. Joined by Michael Shaming on guitar, Ben Irons on bass, and Mario McClean on piano and vocals, Timshel’s soulful euphony hits with an intensity beyond audio perception.
Inspired by Steinbeck’s East of Eden, Timshel lives up to its name through a musical exploration of free will and its trappings, both material and visceral. “Timshel represents that conversation I have with my conscience one hundred times a day,” says Douglas, “I can go with or against God. It’s just a contemplative idea that keeps me present when I have my proverbial shit together.”
The band’s newest release, Shouldering the Rubble, confronts this struggle head on. The juxtaposition of Douglas’ controlled tenor with explosive bluesy rock (think Jeff Buckley meets Zeppelin) adeptly betrays the curse within the gift. While traditional versus/chorus/bridge structures are a rarity for the album, each track provides narration for a meandering, but entirely relatable, journey from painful self-doubt, to an almost manic determination to overcome past failings, tethered by an empowered self-awareness. Therein lies the hook. The other side of spiritual growth can feel akin to surviving one’s own personal war. Timshel invites veterans and current warriors alike to share in a collective catharsis.
- Jenni Brennison
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