Tim Mechling – The King EP
The good thing about this music is that you get to hear stuff you would otherwise never hear. I felt really fortunate as I put on the new CD by Tim Mechling, whose Pavement/Sgt. Pepper influence collection captivated me with its wierdness and charm.
The King EP starts out with the funny “Reminate the Corpse of Elvis” with its big chorusy sing along hook and loud guitars. The record stays along those Magical Mystery Tour signposts especially with “The Ballad of Raymond Strange,” which kind of fit into this record as “Flying” did on MMT.
I don’t want to get carried away with comparisons here, but Mechling really hits the mark with these recordings. He steps back into more psychadelia with “Put Him Back in the Ground,” complete with squawking birds, killer drums and that dude who always laughs when any hallucinogenic trip is portrayed in any sense on TV. Pretty crazy, warranting numerous listens in my case.
Mechling takes a crack at religion in the poignant “Preacher pt 1,2,3,” citing the hypocrisy that is oftentimes prevalent in such circles. The song then becomes an all-out jam with clanging guitars, screaming organ and lots of emotion, then culminating in a conclusion which states that “no one will ever see the light again.” Enjoyable for sure.
Other highlights included, but are not limited to, “The country like Mrs. McArthy” with its Steve Malkmus twang and cheeky lyrics.
I recommend that everyone goes out and checks out Tim Mechling. His act is fabulous.
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Tim is an enigma searching for a solution, or at least some sense in the cosmic joke we call life, like the rest of us grasshoppers. ;^)
You can hear his EP here:
http://www.myspace.com/mechlit
– the old fart. (Been there, done that, but not this – I’m intrigued! The saga has just begun).
Hey I played on that record!
Tim’s music comes to him so fluidly, and it shows in his music.
All the tracks were recorded in a Barn outside of Redmond WA, in the summer of 2009.
You guys are way too nice to me.
All of you!