Sunday May 10, 2009 Our resident humorist Margaret Lyons avoided interview conventions today when she interviewed There Is No Sin in My Body’s Troy Keiper. CR: I’m talking to the front man of There Is No Sin in My Body, Troy Keiper. So, what’s the origin of your band name? TINSIMB: [silence, blank stare] I’m not sure how to answer that. Why are you lauging? CR: Why are you being all Billy Bob Thorton? TINSIMB: [more of the blank staring] CR: Are...
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After years of migrating between indie rock bands and solo acoustic projects, There Is No Sin’s Troy Keiper spent 2008 recording a number of late-night studio sessions in four different locations. Lyrically, it seems like a concept album. Each song is tied together by the unfashioned performances, many of which are captured first takes. Like vignettes, these songs often clock in at punk rock lengths; telling abstract parts of a story in two minutes. Listeners have...
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