SOPHIST

Interview done by Brian Lush> - Rockwired.com

Interview done by Brian Lush> - Rockwired.com

Is there anything more emotionally stirring than a musician alone with his guitar and a story to tell? Between his range in vocal expression, his love/hate relationship with his guitar (a bi-polar exercise from delicate strumming to full-on string bashing), Sophist (AKA Tim Palmer) creates, no, sculpts a new form of folk art music.
Engaging in a physical musical experience is highly unusual for folk rock, which is typified by passive execution. Sophist is more Neil Young than Paul Simon, more expressionist than romanticist.
In a mere three songs, he leaves you breathless, emotionally drained, and physically exhausted, as though, for those 12-minutes, you were a part of his world, sharing his experiences and being beaten about by his aggressive form of folk poetry.
It is the kind of performance that may actually scare people in coffee houses, but it would definitely command one's attention. And that is a trait that has been sorely lacking in the folk music scene for several decades. The genre is primarily marked by subdued, introspective, and physically weak musical conveyance.
Being able to feel a musician's performance is also a very rare commodity in this age of cold, heartless studio wizardry. So, I tip my proverbial hat to The Sophist for taking folk rock to Gold's Gym, pumping it up, and unleashing it to the unsuspecting " "girly" masses. - emissions

Is there anything more emotionally stirring than a musician alone with his guitar and a story to tell? Between his range in vocal expression, his love/hate relationship with his guitar (a bi-polar exercise from delicate strumming to full-on string bashing), Sophist (AKA Tim Palmer) creates, no, sculpts a new form of folk art music.
Engaging in a physical musical experience is highly unusual for folk rock, which is typified by passive execution. Sophist is more Neil Young than Paul Simon, more expressionist than romanticist.
In a mere three songs, he leaves you breathless, emotionally drained, and physically exhausted, as though, for those 12-minutes, you were a part of his world, sharing his experiences and being beaten about by his aggressive form of folk poetry.
It is the kind of performance that may actually scare people in coffee houses, but it would definitely command one's attention. And that is a trait that has been sorely lacking in the folk music scene for several decades. The genre is primarily marked by subdued, introspective, and physically weak musical conveyance.
Being able to feel a musician's performance is also a very rare commodity in this age of cold, heartless studio wizardry. So, I tip my proverbial hat to The Sophist for taking folk rock to Gold's Gym, pumping it up, and unleashing it to the unsuspecting " "girly" masses. - emissions

Tim Palmer brings us his music performed under the name Sophist. He has poured his heart into this latest release, “The White EP”. This is a 3 song EP that appeals to your senses through his six string combined with emotionally poignant words.
Palmer tickles your intellect with strong lyrical content. Even if you have never gone through the actual turmoil he sings about in his songs you feel every single emotion like you lived it yourself. Vocally he has the ability to put you in the moment and lyrically he paints such detailed pictures of passionate sentiment.
Each song is a short story. Starting with “Fortune Squared”, he opens a hole in the earth into another dimension. While in his world the music is a drug that courses through your veins. Then he sings “Run” which has smooth flowing guitars that flow like a river through the channels of your brain. Then finally my favorite of them all, “Thin Red Line” rings like a somber drone in your ears.
Sophist, The White EP is an emotional journey through the mind of Tim Palmer. He has worn his heart on his sleeve with such grace, musically you may not hear songs the same way ever again. Open your heart and mind and spend a few minutes on a realm of fiery compassion laced with cathartic remedies. - SKOPE

Tim Palmer brings us his music performed under the name Sophist. He has poured his heart into this latest release, “The White EP”. This is a 3 song EP that appeals to your senses through his six string combined with emotionally poignant words.
Palmer tickles your intellect with strong lyrical content. Even if you have never gone through the actual turmoil he sings about in his songs you feel every single emotion like you lived it yourself. Vocally he has the ability to put you in the moment and lyrically he paints such detailed pictures of passionate sentiment.
Each song is a short story. Starting with “Fortune Squared”, he opens a hole in the earth into another dimension. While in his world the music is a drug that courses through your veins. Then he sings “Run” which has smooth flowing guitars that flow like a river through the channels of your brain. Then finally my favorite of them all, “Thin Red Line” rings like a somber drone in your ears.
Sophist, The White EP is an emotional journey through the mind of Tim Palmer. He has worn his heart on his sleeve with such grace, musically you may not hear songs the same way ever again. Open your heart and mind and spend a few minutes on a realm of fiery compassion laced with cathartic remedies. - SKOPE