Album
40 Miler
2012 · Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Rare pressing on Gatefold
40 Miler is a Country album by Tim Barry, originally released in 2012. On Gatefold: 12 pressings tracked.
About
Former Avail frontman Tim Barry continues his foray into sociopolitical folk while retaining the surly voice and bold delivery of his hardcore days. With his fifth studio album, the prolific Barry taps deeper into the working man’s blues with rootsy songs that resonate with the timelessness of hard luck. Barry opens <i>40 Miler</i> with an intro that plays like a chain gang recording piping through an old wooden radio before “Wezeltown” gets things going with acoustic guitar, banjo, handclaps, footstomps, and world-weary lyrics that keep the song grounded in 21st-century relevance. “Driver Pull” follows, with Barry singing the lyrics of a hobo’s lament as a violin drones and minimal parlor-piano parts give the tune a lilting melancholy. Speaking of hoboes, “Hobo Lullaby” features a howling harmonica approximating a lonesome train whistle as Barry croons along. He also offers a tune to the Occupy movement with “Banker’s Dilemma,” where he sings “I ain’t workin’ no more/So credit companies, take warning.”
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Tracklist
- 1Intro0:26
- 2Wezeltown3:30
- 3Driver Pull4:37
- 440 Miler3:38
- 5Adele and Hell3:36
- 6Shed Song4:02
- 7Bankers Dilemma2:49
- 8Train Improv0:43
- 9Hobo Lullaby4:46
- 10T. Beene3:39
- 11Fine Foods Market3:14
- 12Amen3:37
- 13Outro0:44
Sound DNA
- Country
- Americana & Roots
- gritty
- earnest
- storytelling
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Andrew AlliHARMONICA
- Caitlin HuntVIOLIN
- Cameron RalstonBASS BASS GUITAR BASS, BASS GUITAR
- Josh SmallBANJO BANJO, VOCALS ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Julie KarrFEATURING VOCALS
- Lance KoehlerBASS DRUM PERCUSSION VOCALS
- Tim BarryACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOCALS, PERCUSSION ACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOCALS, PERCUSSION, PIANO, WURLITZER, ORGAN, GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOCALS, PIANO, ORGAN, PERCUSSION
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 12 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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