“Murder” continued the strong feel to this album with hard raspy vocals supported with back-ups. Better yet was the awesome harmonica. Then there was “Tim Dorsey Writes Non-Fiction” which reminded me a lot of Rancid mixed with a little Hot Water Music.
“Too Many Saturday Nights” completely slammed the brakes on this CD. The track was more of something along the lines of a drunken sing-along, but with everyone not knowing the lyrics and being confused. It was tough to listen to this track after I was treated to such off the wall punk rock beforehand. Luckily the following track “Paradise By The Fluorescent Lights” stepped it up a bit with a more brutal sound. The energy in this song made me want to jump around and freak out.
Punk rock jam “Mark's Albatross” was less aggressive and more sober than what I had heard earlier. The track was about going all out while on the town. I really got a kick out of the lyric “Did Hank Williams ever ask if Christ just knows how bad it gets after one night on the town?”
“Skilled Labor” was a track worthy of having fans climb over one another just to help scream the lyrics into the microphone. Closing track “League Minimum” was the perfect example of a good time amongst friends. This boondocks drunk sounding jam is a dedication to fellow friends and bands that had to put up with The Tim Version at one time.
This is one of those punk rock albums that grew on me instantly. It’s like listening to the Dropkick Murphy’s without the Irish based attitude. I almost feel bad for just finding out about them. But now that I have I will be telling all of my punk rock friends about them.
If you are into the punk rock scene for the music and not the fashion, and have not heard of the Tim Version you better get acquainted with them. They are the one of the better punk bands out there you may have never heard of and should have years ago.
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1 - Blurp
The Tim Version is now and has always been from Tampa, Florida.