ARTIST: Tam Lin Music
TITLE: In The Twilight
LABEL:
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 163kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 58m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-00-00
RIP DATE: 2008-03-20
Track List
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1. Dark Heart 3:51
2. The Age of Ignorance 3:23
3. Siddhartha 5:12
4. Soldier Called Uriah 3:43
5. In the Twilight 4:57
6. Stay Hungry 3:54
7. High Time 4:43
8. Cruel April 4:20
9. Lucia 4:48
10. Down the Garden Path 4:21
11. Life Full of Holes 2:58
12. No Masters No Gods No Curfews 3:55
13. This Side of Your Silence 5:21
14. Walk in Beauty 2:38
Release Notes:
He remembers finding someoneÆs copy of Bob DylanÆs Highway 61 Revisited on
vinyl. He was nine, and within a few days he had memorized all the words to
ôDesolation Row.ö It was the moment for him when he realized that songs arenÆt
just tunes with words: they are entire worlds that can be inhabited fully,
worlds filled with strange characters, unexpected emotions, and lessons to be
learned. That was the year he began to play guitar and dream up song-worlds of
his own.
Some decades later, Tam Lin, aka Paul Weinfield, completed his first full-length
album, ôIn the Twilight,ö which will be released this winter, February 20th,
2008. ôIn the Twilightö is a testament to the very idea of a ôsong-worldö: its
fourteen tracks hit the listener on virtually every level, from their engrossing
narratives to their soaring melodies and lush arrangements. The first four
tracks quickly pull the listener into Tam LinÆs sweet and melancholy world.
ôDark Heartö mixes Leonard Cohen-style meditations on loneliness with the
falsetto laments of a Jeff Buckley. ôThe Age of Ignoranceö changes emotional
gears, painting a utopian picture of the future in a style part John Lennon and
part Garcia Marquez: humans become butterflies and find their freedom.
ôSiddharthaö deals with alcoholism and Zen at the same time, and ôSoldier Called
Uriahö lashes out at the Bush administrationÆs invasion of Iraq through a story
borrowed from the Old Testament. These are ambitious songs, but they are solid
songs, songs that are accessible and easy to get lost in.
ôIn the Twilightö is a follow up to Tam Lin MusicÆs ôFloating Worldö EP (2006),
a quietly-released effort that nevertheless did not escape the notice of several
critics. Time Out New York praised the EP for its ôgentle, literate tunes à
wistful yet vaguely sinister.ö ôEvery now and again a musician is preceded by
his reputation,ö Dan DÆIppolito of Jezebel Music, a Brooklyn-based promoter of
independent music wrote. ôThe intricacies and uniqueness of [these] compositions
stand alone as a rare, successful, genuine-sounding blend of old and new
sounds.ö
Classifying Tam LinÆs songs by a single genre is difficult, since they draw on
rock, classical, jazz and blues influences in subtle and surprising ways. But
Tam Lin has always felt most comfortable calling his music folk music. ôAll
music is folk music once itÆs shared with others,ö he told BeSonic.com, an
online German music publication. ôSongs are like children: they come from you
but leave after awhile,ö he said in an interview with Freshout Media, a
Philadelphia-based independent music organization, that commented, ôThe idea of
giving birth to a song that eventually wanders off to make a life for itself
stems from the notion of folk music, songs that eventually become standards, to
be played by anyone.ö And while Tam LinÆs style is so thoroughly unique, there
is something about his songs that seem as though they could be sung by anyone
living at any time and in any place.
Live, Tam LinÆs performances are charismatic and unexpected. He can appear with
a straight-ahead electric rock group, in smaller ôcabaretö format with a few
horns and a percussionist, or by himself, accompanied only by a guitar and
harmonica. At the heart of all these eclectic performances, however, is Tam
LinÆs smooth and dynamic voice, described by one blogger as ôsimple, soulful,
and socially-sentient û he could sing the IHOP menu and make it sound like
molten glass.ö Tam Lin is known for appearing in prestigious rock clubs such as
New York CityÆs Mercury Lounge or PhiladelphiaÆs World CafΘ, as well at local
smaller house parties or even in subway tunnels.
So for everyone who remembers what it was like to first enter the world of a
song, here is a chance to experience that magic all over again. Pick up a copy
of ôIn the Twilightö and be transported.