Tym Morrison Concert Preview, New Videos, And Much More!!

Bit later than this should have been posted, but tonight on the SMS, we have new videos, a partially released new album, and leading off, one last concert preview for the weekend, so here's what you should know!

We'll start by wrapping up this weekend's hard rock concert previews, as local classic/hard rock singer/guitarist Tym Morrison will play an increasingly rare solo date TONIGHT when he returns to the YNCU Curling Centre (née the Community First Curling Centre) as part of their Super Bowl bonspiel festivities! I apologize for the late preview, I confused the Super Bowl theme for this being a Sunday nighter, but in my original coverage, I had correctly advertised this as being tonight. Tym played at a different bonspiel at the Anita Boulevard curling rink back in November, and clearly things went well for him to get called back for tomorrow! Again, this one is themed around the Super Bowl tomorrow night, and three full games of curling (six ends each) are guaranteed before the football telecast ever begins, with wings & an appetizer bar planned for tonight's festivities.

Tonight's concert is at the curling rink's on-site restaurant The House, and there's no cover charge to just see Tym perform, but I believe there is still a 19+ age limit, and he is not playing there tomorrow (the game is on). Visit the official Facebook event page for more details, and here's Tym live!

Next up, the teased split album from local goregrind solo project Crucify The Whore and industrial metal solo act Molten Imp has been (half) released! I am admittedly behind on covering recent activity from Blood Shed Productions, I hope to remedy that in a post shortly, but this is the newest of news from them. Despite announcing that "Pyrolytic Punishment" would be released on February 1st, it was delayed a week for unannounced reasons, and released on Wednesday... albeit just on C.T.W.'s end. You can buy their half of the split on a "name your price" model (or download/stream it for free) on Bandcamp at this link, and it features 10 songs, some shorter and/or more provocatively titled than others. More recent songs of theirs have tended to not be quite as short as fans saw in the 2010s. As of this writing, Molten Imp's half of the split has surprisingly not been posted in full on Bandcamp, but we will definitely keep you posted when it surfaces!

A preview song from each act was uploaded to the Blood Shed Productions' YouTube channel, where you can hear C.T.W.'s "River Valley Slaughter" and (embedded below) Molten Imp's "Pedestrian Blues (EYEHATETRUCKS)". When fully released on both sides, I do plan to eventually review "Pyrolytic Punishment", which will be a first for us on C.T.W.'s end, believe it or not. Nothing against Tyler whatsoever, he has developed a loyal following with this brutal & minimalist goregrind, but between the recording & performing methods and the controversial lyrics/themes on offer, they're kinda critic-proof and I've been concerned about how I'd approach their songs. Stay tuned, and hear more above & below!

Also today, local alternative hard rock quintet Handsome Sandwich have recorded their debut music video and it will be released to their YouTube channel on Wednesday! It will premiere there at this link at midnight sharp, adding to the prolonged hype for the release of their debut album "Deconstructed" on the oddly specific date of May 5th, but if you want to hear the full song early, they first uploaded a jam session performance of it (albeit pre-Rafael) in 2021. In advance, two videos were uploaded to their Facebook page in the last couple of days to get the word out, including this one where band members flash their devil horns over the YouTube scheduled upload, but embedded below is a 13 second teaser of the video, which features everyone performing outside, clearly where one of those five big blue chairs are given where singer Taylor Emlaw is sitting during her close-up scene (I think they were at Topsail Island?)

Just as an aside, I finally figured out who Taylor's voice reminds me of: Beth Hart, the American blues rock/jazz singer (listen to "Stay" by her to hear what I mean). We'll have more on the full video when it drops next week, but give their Facebook teaser clip a watch below!

We'll close today with two new live videos from local southern hard rock cover quartet Bone Yard's Facebook page, as a band associate was back live-streaming videos of them in action last night at Shooters Downstairs Lounge! Note the red & white balloons, likely a tie-in with the ongoing Bon Soo Winter Carnival. The videos include an incomplete clip of Bone Yard (with bassist Warren Reville on lead vocals) covering The Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated", but embedded below is a nearly full cover of Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls" with drummer Greg Simpson singing lead as usual. Alas, these are vertically shot & uploaded, which doesn't help the framing of the clips when the filmed was further back (too bad more fans weren't up close on the floor), but Bone Yard sound solid & lively on these classic rock staples as you'd expect! Give them a look above and below, and round 2 at Shooters for them is ongoing right now!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and notes on the site next week! Thanks everyone!