Timmy Sells His Soul - Hurting Cute Little Animals

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As you may have surmised just from the titles displayed above, Timmy Sells His Soul, is an Alternative artist who should not be taken lightly. Alter ego of Daniel Euphrat (Dross and others) TSHS specialise in weirdness but probably not much like the weirdness you may have been exposed to on Soundclick. When the heading tells you this is 'a bizzare collection of music' you'd better believe the warnings. Having exposed myself (ooer missis!) to both Dross and an earlier TSHS track - Good Little Consumer (September 2006) - I have to admit that I have a sneaking admiration for his dedication to the cause of chaos theory and its musical application thereof...

Understanding, of course, that I am a well known weirdo.

However, I'm not down with beating things that are smaller than me and I certainly hope no CLA were hurt in the making of this mad madrigal - otherwise I'll round to sort y'all out. Coming from a background coloured by the likes of Frank Zappa, Sun Ra, Capt Beefheart, The Residents, I can well see exactly where Daniel is coming from with this track, even if he has no idea who these people are. As such, I am going to lap this up with great delight because it's certainly the best musically I have ever heard from this source and shows only too well that his liking for dissonance and disorder has nothing whatsoever to do with his lack of musical talent, Hurting Cute Little Animals is a terrifically detailed musical track that for sure has it's odd side...

Not, this time, to it's detriment either...

Hurting Cute Litte Animals is a very free, but highly listenable, musical ramble in the rock style pioneered by the above named artists, so if you like their work, this track will go down a treat. If you came across this casually, I feel certain that if you got past the intro you would probably want to hear it through to the end. Given that it's a mere three minutes and change, it's certainly not going to tax you overmuch. It is worth that casual listen too, even up until now you've been thinking that this trck is not for you. There's a musical confidence on display here that I haven't seen from any of Dross, and only a little bit on the last TSHS track but one the strength of just a few plays I think this is going to become a keeper for this year.

Excellent experimental Alternative. Highly Recommended.