Mark Timmins is a songwriter and artist from Nuremberg, Germany. His self-released EP, Six Songs, is an darkly intimate collection of folk songs that uses a simple and direct method of delivery to achieve something raw and honest. Timmins uses only a guitar and his voice with no trickery or production, and the result is something that sounds almost like a live session, with all the character and force that only organic music can possess.
The songwriting and style is very personal, the sound capturing an unsettling mixture of anger, sadness, frustration and hope that make the whole thing seem like a late night lament. Rather than telling full stories (as the recently featured Doug MacNearney does, for example), Timmins’ words instead come off as a stream of consciousness, a man alone and thinking, spilling words that he wishes he could share with those that need to hear them.
You can listen to the EP on the Mark Timmins Soundcloud or Bandcamp, and keep up with his musical and artistic progress on Tumblr. There are some lovely looking handmade EPs (see below) availble for the very reasonable price of €4 via Bandcamp so have a look at those.