Effra Road
by Tim V. Smyth
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about
Tim V. Smyth has been an active participant in the Irish music scene for many years under a variety of different monikers. His most recent musical endeavour was Hidden Highways a dark and minimal folk/alt-country outfit inspired as much by The Hired Hand and Return To Oz as it was by Townes van Zandt and Gillian Welch. Unsurprisingly then, the songs he penned for that project found their way into a number of film soundtracks.
However despite his love for Americana he has recently moved away from his alt country roots to explore a darker, more glutinous sound in his latest self-produced work. This new body of work features a wide range of influences, from the solo guitar pieces of Loren Connors to the lo-fi electronica of John Maus with Tim utilising a variety of tools, toys and techniques to create a unique and textured sound. Hear test equipment, botched guitars, dictaphone vocals, broken bass synths and wonky tape float together around lyrics dealing with the age-old stuff; life, death and love.
“Built around a beat from a thrifted keyboard and vocals recorded onto a dictaphone . The lyrics were written during a cloudburst on a summer evening walk on Effra Road are an open ended reflection on love and death .“ - Tim discussing new single Effra Road
However despite his love for Americana he has recently moved away from his alt country roots to explore a darker, more glutinous sound in his latest self-produced work. This new body of work features a wide range of influences, from the solo guitar pieces of Loren Connors to the lo-fi electronica of John Maus with Tim utilising a variety of tools, toys and techniques to create a unique and textured sound. Hear test equipment, botched guitars, dictaphone vocals, broken bass synths and wonky tape float together around lyrics dealing with the age-old stuff; life, death and love.
“Built around a beat from a thrifted keyboard and vocals recorded onto a dictaphone . The lyrics were written during a cloudburst on a summer evening walk on Effra Road are an open ended reflection on love and death .“ - Tim discussing new single Effra Road
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released May 31, 2023
Written Recorded and Produced by @TimVSmyth
Mixed and Mastered by @raggedrec
Cover image by @lightning_books
Written Recorded and Produced by @TimVSmyth
Mixed and Mastered by @raggedrec
Cover image by @lightning_books
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