Truculent - Caviling The Facts! and other mechanisms of oppression (SM055)

Truculent - Caviling The Facts! and other mechanisms of oppression
Cassette

C-30, White Shells
Pad Printing
Extended J-Card
Double Sided
Dubbed on a Sony CCP-2300

Truculent is the moniker for Philadelphia guitarist Dan Timlin. Since 2016 Truculent has developed his sound by blending melodic rhythmic guitar compositions with field recordings and found sounds to create atmospheric soundscapes. Truculent began as a therapeutic exercise to connect thoughts and trauma with positivity through music.

"We are receivers of the past and transmitters to the future. Transmission is a choice, but it is also built into our subconscious In the search for a deeper understanding of yourself, you will find a deeper understanding of others. Seek out the mysteries in yourself to illuminate the mysteries in others.

The homonyms raised and razed are especially interesting to me. They reflect, in no uncertain terms, the duality of human society. Are we meant to be building or destroying? The idea of the martyred saints is so intriguing because; they were subjected to such acts of cruelty that it should reasonably prove that there is no merciful god, but turns instead into supreme evidence of his existence. Accuse your enemy of that which you yourself are guilty.

Often the more impressive someone appears the more fearful they are inside.

It's easier to bleed than sweat."
credits
releases May 3, 2024

Truculent on everything
Recorded at home 2022-2023