Play 90 second soundbite of 'Holding Up The World' @ 'CD quality'
Ringing with typically American country sophistication, 'Holding Up The World' is beautifully crafted - not exactly sparsely instrumented, more empathetically minimalistic! Not understated exactly but stunningly simplistic and superbly proportioned such that the songs are accessible, believable and totally enjoyable in all their glory and professionalism. Grimm's beautifully rich voice is given pride of place in the mix which allows every single word, every little nuance to be heard and understood - so, welcome to the openly silky world of Tim Grimm, come in and enjoy your stay.
'Holding Up The World' is beautifully descriptive and wonderfully lilting; Grimm's approach to his art is unhurried, relaxed and very giving. As you listen, Grimm's songs come to you and you feel like he's singing to you and you alone - Grimm gives, Grimm shares, Grimm exudes a kind of friendly vibe that's really hard to fault in any way. Not that I want to fault anything about this stunning album; 'Holding Up The World' is like a good old friend that's come back to visit and plans to stick around a while. Grimm's music is bright yet hauntingly real, he puts a new spark into an old musical form and make it totally 'now' and commercial within its genre.
'Holding Up The World' by Tim Grimm modernises the 'traditional form' and popularises the sometimes 'acquired taste' of American country music. 'Holding Up The World' is a complete breeze of a work, nothing's anything other than subtle and smooth, everything's perfectly weighted, everything's just so precise! Grimm is joined on this album by a 'band' of like-minded and equally skilled and adept musicians - each brings a well proportioned sympathetic extra dynamic to the mix and each component part is added with due care and full understanding of the concept and/or theme. This really is a wonderfully rich yet somehow simplistic sounding work, 'Holding Up The World' by Tim Grimm is a fine example of modern country music made for the people and with enough grit and grind and 'world' content to perhaps entice new believers and first-timers to the country music fold. 'Holding Up The World' by Tim Grimm is nothing short of brilliant - country music for the new age - the genre here is re-made, re-modelled and re-vitalised, now nu-country, now with a larger net to pull in a greater catch from many walks of life, music-heads from many more musical persuasions. Superb!!
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