SAPHIN: Saphin is Tim Essquare Starring in, "Time of the Signs"

Saphin

Saphin is Tim Essquare Starring in, "Time of the Signs"

© 2005 Jeff Saphin/G.U.M. Unlimited (634479826924)

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Quantum physics collides with sex and religion in Times Square on a Sunday morning sometime in a near future.

tracks

1 Time of the Signs
2 Tim esSquare
3 Sex In The Name Of GOD
4 Slow Motion Flowters
5 Stranger in a Strange Land
6 DayGloHalo
7 U-AreAStar
8 Farrah Waye
9 I'm Not Gay
10 P-o-p-S-t-a-r
11 Heart of Heaven
12 One Fan
13 Think Of Me
14 Neon Soul_o

notes

This is a PRE-RELEASE Version! It is Authorized but UN-Official.

What Matt Fink of Delusions of Adequacy says:
"... taken song by song, his (Saphin's) focus doesn't obscure the quality of the pop songwriting. And while the totality of his grandiose statement is ultimately hard to pin down, Saphin is largely successful in communicating his sense of uneasiness for the future and his penchant for dazzling melodies."
Matt Fink-

What Saphin says:
"I'm not "uneasy" about the future at all, in fact I'm very easy about it, considering it's gonna happen one way or another. If it's between fight or flow with it, I'll take the latter all the way to the top, I'll deal with the spelling later."

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  • ...pleasantly blissful pop.
    author: Matt Fink

    With the Ides of March upon us, it seems to be a reasonable time to turn to all things prophetically apocalyptic. Interestingly, the history of popular music has frequently returned to themes of manÍs coming doom. The Carter Family predicted the coming chaos way back in the 1930Ís with ñWhen This World is On Fire,î with the Louvin Brothers echoing their fears some 20 years later with visions of the worldÍs ultimate demise in ñThe Great Atomic Power.î Bob Dylan followed with ñA Hard Rains A-Gonna Fallî and sat back and watched as his generation pumped out song after song that sought to portray Vietnam as the descending clouds of doom. From Pink FloydÍs The Wall to RadioheadÍs Ok Computer, rock stars have loved to don the prophetÍs garb and scrawl their premonitions of disaster on the proverbial walls of the rock canon. Jeff Saphin has elected himself as the next in line to attempt to decipher the changing winds. Like all good albums of caustic rockers, SaphinÍs vision is more than a little difficult to translate, but the drama and queasiness inherent in his outlook still manages to squeak through the cracks. With the big thudding bass lines and icy synth flutter of the title track, you can tell this is no laughing matter for Saphin. With words spoken with the enunciation that suggests great meaning, he portrays images of sexual nightmares, decaying future worlds, and bodies breaking down under the stress. Apparently a one-man orchestra, Saphin creates a nice array of ominous sounding synth collages, with a glistening production that belies the apparent ugliness of his intent. As much as he can sound like David Bowie (or at least John Ludi), as mordant anthems like ñIÍm Not Gayî could almost be Ziggy Stardust outtakes, Saphin can also do a dead-on Bono impression, as evidenced by the sweet sweeping melodies of ñFarah Waye.î The eerie dramatics of ñOh! Jupiterî create a jaunty whimsy that almost recalls Their Satanic Majesties Request-era Rolling Stones. In fact, SaphinÍs penchant for a soaring hook are probably his greatest strength and go a long way to make up for his lack of startling originality, as tracks like ñAngels and Aliensî and ñDayGloHaloî fall snuggly into the genre of pleasantly blissful pop. ...Taken song by song, his focus doesnÍt obscure the quality of the pop songwriting. And while the totality of his grandiose statement is ultimately hard to pin down, Saphin is largely successful in communicating his sense of uneasiness for the future and his penchant for dazzling melodies.

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