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Mary Timony	Ex Hex Lookout! (2005-04-19)

Mary Timony's latest effort "Ex Hex" reasserts her place as a central innovator, songwriter and singer in the American underground music scene. Timony, formerly of Helium, has teamed up with drummer Devin Ocampo (of Dischord's The Medications) to form this powerful duo. Musically, this album features sophisticated guitar and drum-based songs with a range of sonic textures but maintaining an insistent delicate urgency. A recent live review on WashingtonPost.com by Patrick Foster sums up "Ex Hex" best: "With spiral-staircase chord progressions and lyrical snippets that evoked mystic spells and relied heavily on metaphor, the density of her past work was evident, but Ocampo's stomping drum work flushed the tunes into a clearer place. The resulting sound suggested a pool of art-garage rock with withered flowers floating on its surface." Mary Timony has enjoyed extensive critical attention and acclaim. Starting out in Washington D.C.'s Autoclave, then as the frontwoman of Helium followed by two additional solo albums on Matador Records. "Ex Hex" was produced by Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty, also responsible for Ted Leo & The Pharmacists' "The Tyranny of Distance."