Tim Barry - 40 Miler

Tim Barry / 40 Miler
Жанр: Punk Rock, Alt-Country, Folk, Acoustic
Страна: US
Год издания: 2012
Аудиокодек: MP3
Тип рипа: tracks
Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps
Продолжительность: 39:29
Треклист:
01 - Intro.
02 - Wezeltown.
03 - Driver Pull.
04 - 40 Miler.
05 - Adele and Hell.
06 - Shed Song.
07 - Bankers Dilemma.
08 - Train Improv.
09 - Hobo Lullaby.
10 - T. Beene.
11 - Fine Foods Market.
12 - Amen.
13 - Outro.

Об альбоме (сборнике)

Based out of Richmond, VA, singer/songwriter Tim Barry is most well known as the frontman for Avail, an aggressive hardcore outfit that’s been rocking out in the underground since the early ’90s. In the mid-2000s, the politically conscious Barry began releasing solo material that abandoned the loud-hard-fast punk rules of Avail and stripped it all down to Woody Guthrie-inspired folk, the only thing tying the two projects together being Barry’s gruff voice and brash delivery.
40 Miler, the title track from Tim Barry’s fifth solo album, is named after a derogatory term used by freight train riders to describe a fake hobo. “For 20 years, I have toured and illegally ridden freight trains, but I’ve never been truly committed to either,” Barry tells Rolling Stone. “I am a poser – a 40 Miler.”
The track came to Barry after a long bout of writer’s block. “The song was oddly easy to write,” he says. “A strange thing happens to one’s creative mind when an eternal ‘nobody’ becomes recognized in music. Suddenly, songs don’t just belong to the writer. They belong to the public as well, making writing difficult. At what point does the intimacy of writing songs become clouded by the knowledge that you are writing with your listeners in mind? This is the point when all great writers become boring. ’40 Miler’ was a way of making fun of myself and acknowledging I am neither a great writer or interesting candidate for stardom. But I’ve accumulated many miles and many experiences while an active participant in the world of underground music, and I wouldn’t take that back for anything.”