Thursday, July 11, 2024

It Starts With a Birthstone - 200 Albums for 2024 # 169 Mary Timony - Untame The Tiger

 

A certain attitude and confidence that tells of living through the nineties, first of all Riot Girl, guided by certain feminist beliefs and pride. A steely guitar sound that recalls prime time Sonic Youth and Sleater Kinney.

 All of this tells a certain listener that they're going to be in safe hands for the next half an hour or so. That they can sit back in their armchair and enjoy the ride. That everything is going to be all right.

Mary Timony's Untame The Tiger is an assured and steely record indeed. Timony has done her time on the Washington D.C. Punk barricades. Spend time in Wild Flag, Autoclave and Ex Hex. You don't get medals for this kind of thing but by rights you should. 

Untame The Tiger walks a certain familiar line but the familiarity in this case is highly welcome. There's the early Seventies Stones, Television and Mission of Burma in the DNA here as well as the aformentioned Sleater Kinney and Sonic Youth. Timiny's voice is questing but relaxed. The playing throughout is top notch. In short the record is a wild but disciplined ride. A challenge.

I put this on and cooked a pretty respectable fried breakfast inspired by its company if I say so myself. Inspired by this record's discipined. martial rhythms. Sometimes there's nothing better than being in the company of people that know exactly what they're doing. 

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