TNS were a high school band from Wyoming, Michigan (near Grand Rapids) who only released this one fantastic single. Alternately they used the acronym to mean Take No Shit, Tougher'N Shit - or for the wedding receptions - simply The Nichols Sound. 'Time's Up' is just one of those gems of the American underground. Hard rock, or in reality proto metal, with some heavy riffing, screaming vocals, and lethal guitar solos. 'Telling Your Fortune' is a cover of the Chicken Shack song from 1970, and is also amplified considerably. According to their bio, the band recorded this in 1971. No release date was given, though 1972 seems to have taken hold in the internet age. Either way, it's definitely of that era. Supposedly 500 copies were pressed, but good luck in actually finding one of them.
'Time's Up' is part of the Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares compilation CD that I own.
9/5/19 (first listen to the a side); 2/10/20
