Kill Tim’s Grass emerged in the mid-00s from remnants of latter-day St. Elmo’s Fire, and jam-prog band Deep Green Void. Based in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill triangle region of North Carolina, the band went through several lineup shifts—at one point, violinists Hollis Brown (Ozone Quartet) and Miner Gleason (“Artifacts” period St. Elmo’s Fire) were both on board—before settling into a stable power trio format, with guitar, bass, drums and a variety of keyboards and effects. They wrote and rehearsed new material and begin playing occasional gigs, including a memorable set at the 2006 Carrboro Music Festival, and started recording material for their first studio album in the fall of 2006.

During the summer of 2007, Miner Gleason rejoined to play violin and keyboards, and KTG shared the Prog Day Preshow stage with outstanding French band Mörglbl, playing a strong set that featured a number of St. Elmo’s classics, a couple choice covers, and the entirety of their in-progress album, working title “Lizard Ignition”.

Alas, that turned out to be their final performance. A potential festival gig fell through when the festival was cancelled, and the weight of rehearsing complex material, dragging around a huge pile of gear for gigs, and general difficulty in finding bookings took its inevitable toll. The band splintered apart later that fall, and the album was put on the shelf.

In late 2008, Paul and Miner dusted off the studio sessions, liked what they heard, and began tossing around ideas for completing the album. Work currently progresses in fits and starts, and a finished album may yet see the light of day. In the meantime, you can hear a working mix of one of the tunes over on the Listen page.