...perhaps a nudge in the right direction for 2022?

Change The Future

You Look Good To Me

Make Your Mother Smile

Here's an early version of our tune Luvbomb, from our soon-to-be-released album 'DIG'

Luvbomb - Early Mix

The Strangely Possibles' October 2016 album release

Dig Master Copy

Tombstone Carver

EveryOne

Lonely Hearts

Willa's Song

Luvbomb

Violet by The Strangely Possibles

Leaving Dunloe... (Don't Want To Join The Army)

When's the last time you allowed yourself to listen to a whole album by your lonesome? There is a band called The Strangely Possibles, and they’re worthy of this kind of ear bending.

Have you ever heard a trio of congas, uilleann pipes, and cello…. Or a glockenspiel accompanying a blues harp… Or a sitar trading licks with a marimba? As bizarre as these combinations might seem, they naturally fit together. They are, in essence, strangely possible.

“Artsy” you ask? Not really. This music is too busy having fun to care if it impresses. It wants to laugh and play more than it wants to think.

“The songs are kind of nursery rhymes for modern times” says singer/songwriter Al Timpson. “I wanted the words and the melodies to be sturdy enough so the band could ride them out into the wilderness….and they did.”

The band’s name became a natural fit as the songs evolved. They were, and would be The Strangely Possibles. If you listen to all 9 tunes in their debut release (there are no “throwaways”) ~ each one is different, yet an unpretentious soulfulness binds them together. It’s hard to put a finger on their sound; Maybe a touch of Traffic, a speck of Peter Gabriel and a pinch of Dylan, all rooted in lyrics. In a nod to something that's fresh, this collection of songs is titled “This World”.

The Strangely Possibles are a curious mix. There was the keyboardist who would show half-dead, only to be resuscitated by old coffee or cheap red wine. When Latin terminology and stories about brokenhearted composers from the 17th century crept into his conversation, the engineer knew he was ready. The guitar player delivered the latest update on the next Armageddon as he lugged in 3 additional axes (just in case). And the bassist was a rock who, with two short words, kept the band chuckling through the night. From his wardrobe of loops, kits, and dozens of strange toys, the one-man rhythm department was a slave driver for precision while graciously shepherding a sometimes-wayward leader. Then young Romeo, the cellist, who smelled like cigarettes and dirty laundry, would usually nail something wonderfully righteous on the first take. The singer is something like an optimistic orphan taking a group of expert mountain guides on a trek without a map. Since age 12, he grew his head with wah-wah pedals, udu drums, orchestra swells & countermelodies. The other band members were surprised, yet inevitably turned on by his barrage of arrangement ideas.

The hooks and barbs of these personalities are embedded in this collection. Al Timpson just sensed each member had the goods to dress up the bare bones of these melodies and chords. Sometimes he'd ask them to play the same song using 4 or 5 different styles. At first, confusion reigned, but once they understood that anything and everything goes, they delivered one out-of the-box performance after another. His confidence in them unleashed their earnest enthusiasm for his songs. When it came time for mixing, the hardest part was deciding what not to use.

Three songs have over 100 different tracks ~ a lot of sound, but the music always breathes and never seems cluttered. "Books for Sooley" (track 9) had 3 different versions laid down before they stumbled upon the fourth and final arrangement. Some tunes were worked on for months, and then re-imagined and re-recorded with an all-new mix of instruments. These intense and expansive examinations deliver something that’s honestly original and enduring.

The Strangely Possibles are pleased to offer “This World.” You can preview the songs on the group’s MySpace, and stay tuned for news about the digital release and local CD release party in Portland, Maine.

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