Timmy Sells His Soul is a Rockville MD based experimental pop solo act brought to you by Daniel Euphrant. In his latest installment of genre combining, he unleashes a double set of 9 track EPs that "mirror" each other with Name and Form (White) and Name and Form (Black). As stated on his FB page, this sound is "so far underground, it’s Satanically Hip." It’s definitely one of the most original sounds to come out of DC.
"Everybody’s On Fire" on (White) goes super combo with glitch, voice modification, deep bass and horn sampling. It’s like Jay Mascis under the Knife influence with bits of Broken Spindles blended in. This leads into the next track "Superposition" tinged with gypsy plucking and a brisk electro build up to a booming foot stomper end. My fav track follows these two gems "Motel" a romantic electro peice with a nod to 8-bit and lushy layers. And those are just the first 3 tracks for (White), so let’s check out (Black)…
Obviously (?) the tracks get darker on this one. With doses of industrial dropped in throughout (especially in "Vicious",) highly technical beats, and creepy droney tones I can’t get enough of. Like in "The Spirit is Weak" where lyrics say "the more I stay awake, I keep turning inside out." With 3 prior releases to these, we can def. expect even more from him in 2013. –Dawn