The artfully spastic "Toad Venom" by Orlando based psychedelic rock band Timothy Eerie leaves you little time to breathe. The heavy, dense barrage of surf punk-esque guitars and throttling drumming juxtaposed against a non screamy lead vocal aesthetic makes you want to run around your house like a 10 year old high on scads of Pixy Stix and Coke-a-Cola and while the thrust is mosh worthy times 4, you might feel disarmed too. There is charm beneath the ferocious noise and surprising Pere Ubu-esque musical shapes to be digested. Like an amalgam of OSEES, 'that' period of Ty Segall, Coachwhips and MGMT (early days), the subversion, the total unfettered ID rock, the super amped up intelligent angst of Freaks and Geeks meet American Horror Story escapism feels like a great place to be as a, not so quiet. meditation to get your head right, yeah really.
From Liner Notes (bracketed):
[“The title of the song is based on the venom of the Sonoran desert toad which contains 5meo-dmt- the strongest psychedelic known to man. The lyrics are about having to deal with uncomfortable experiences,” says Eerie.]
[From mood-altering spacey psychedelic immersions to more aggressive moments that tap into Eerie's garage rock side, you never know what you're going to get. "I'm always trying to improve and evolve and my taste in music is always changing," says Eerie. "I never wanna play the same set twice and, even if we do, it never sounds the same."]
[Their frenzied offering, “Toad Venom,” mixed by Wand frontman Cory Hanson, oscillates and throbs its way through a sonic labyrinth of jousting guitars, rampant percussions, and ethereal vocal echoes. It drags us by the ears into the wild expanses of our imagination, a whimsical world that’s as untamed as unexpected. “The title of the song is based on the venom of the Sonoran desert toad which contains 5meo-dmt- the strongest psychedelic known to man. The lyrics are about having to deal with uncomfortable experiences,” says Eerie, “but I never think about what a song will be about before I start writing it. It’s more of a stream of consciousness approach.” This new single is the perfect antidote to hearing one too many pandemic-inspired bedroom projects: a full-blown, full-band jam landing at the intersection of Thee Oh Sees at their most animated, vintage ’70s prog with its organs still intact, and at least one iteration of King Gizzard that reaches the apex of that band’s pummeling density.]
[Backed by Hypnotic Bridge & Green Witch Records they've shared the stage with such greats as Starcrawler, Of Montreal, La Luz, Dead Meadow, Surfer Blood, Kikagaku Moyo, & L.A. Witch.]
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://www.facebook.com/timothyeerie/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/371jNmRvS1SIxAiE7pM3Kt
https://timothyeerie.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/timothyeerie/
It's no accident that the name Timothy Eerie is so close to Timothy Leary, this is the aural equivalent of two tabs and a trip down the rabbit hole. Where the ethereal meets the visceral is where you will find Timothy Eerie, with dreamy, hazy melodies accompanied by thick tones and rock'n'roll noise this band is the epitome of multi-faceted sound. Like many of the bands stemming from the psychedelic genre, there has been a revolving door of players and artists contributing to the project which only lends to their mystique.
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