{"title":"Mary Timony","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"untame-the-tiger-2","title":"Untame the Tiger","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor more than 30 years, singer-songwriter and guitar hero \u003cstrong\u003eMary Timony\u003c\/strong\u003e has cut a distinctive path through the world of independent music. Most recently, she has been the vocalist and guitarist of the acclaimed garage-pop power trio \u003cem\u003eEx Hex\u003c\/em\u003e (Merge) but has also been a member of the seminal post-punk band Autoclave (Dischord), celebrated leader of the deeply influential \u003cem\u003eHelium\u003c\/em\u003e (Matador), multifaceted solo artist (Matador, Lookout!, Kill Rock Stars), and a co-founder of the supergroup \u003cem\u003eWild Flag\u003c\/em\u003e (Merge).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed by Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein as “Mary Shelley with a guitar” and dubbed “a trailblazer and an innovator” by Lindsey Jordan a.k.a. Snail Mail, Timony has distinguished herself as one of her generation’s most influential artists. Although she has remained a cult hero and critical favorite since the early ’90s, Timony’s many triumphs have long been counterbalanced by crippling doubt and self-nullification.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer fifth solo album, \u003cem\u003eUntame the Tiger\u003c\/em\u003e, approaches these emotions head-on. This is her first solo release in 15 years and is a startling document of an artist fully coming into her own power during the fourth decade of her career. It is the product of lessons learned during life-altering struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe mystical, acoustic-driven \u003cem\u003eUntame the Tiger\u003c\/em\u003e emerged after the dissolution of a long-term relationship and was bookended by the deaths of Timony’s father and mother. The album was recorded during a two-year period during which she was the primary caregiver for her ailing parents. The tectonic psychic shift Mary experienced due to this loss informs many of her lyrics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe standout track, \u003cem\u003e“No Thirds”\u003c\/em\u003e, is a song about losing everything and having to keep on going. Timony explains, “I wanted the verses to sound like a wide-open barren space, like driving across a desert, because that is what the song is about—losing people and the feeling that your future is a giant, wide-open blank space.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe stripped-back acoustic instrumentation of \u003cem\u003e“The Guest”\u003c\/em\u003e conjures Sweetheart-era Byrds. Timony describes it as a song sung directly to loneliness: “I was imagining loneliness as a house guest who keeps knocking on your door. 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By 1998, though, Helium was drawing to a close and Timony was feeling uncertain about the future. “I had never been good at the rock ‘n’ roll business, and making a living from being in a band just didn't seem like it was in the realm of possibility for me,” she writes. “I just knew I wanted to make another record because that was the part of being in a band that I liked the most.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matador","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP | x2","offer_id":50512822436171,"sku":"1109482","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e097e82f-ca84-47de-8b7d-de8639a808e0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727907810"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/mary-timony.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}