Tim Guy is originally from Melbourne but these days he calls Auckland, New Zealand home. Back in 2002 he met Bic Runga backstage after one of her gigs and gave her a demo tape of a few of his songs. Bic liked them so much she offered to produce his album and she ended up playing drums and guitar and lending her voice to the material as well. The resulting album ‘Blazey’ was released in 2004 on Bic’s new label ‘Nu Shoo Records’.
Tim played support for Bic on her Acoustic Churches tour that year, performing 25 shows to over 15,000 people, and since then he has been in constant demand touring with the likes of Miriam Clancy, Paul McLaney, Age Pryor, Steve Abel and Tommy as well as undertaking his own 33 date solo tour in 2006. Tim was also lucky enough to hold the honour of supporting multiple Grammy award winning American songwriter, Jimmy Webb, at the Sky City Theatre in Auckland in 2005.
Tim is currently finishing his second as yet untitled album which will be released in October. The recordings feature his band ‘The Tutaes’ which consists of Anika Moa (vocals, bass) and Anna Coddington (vocals, drums), both acclaimed singer/songwriters in their own right. The band will be touring New Zealand together in October/November and will be appearing at festivals over summer.
Tim recently received NZ on Air funding for his first music video ‘Cater for Lovers’ which will be directed by James Solomon (Batucada Sound Machine, Káren Hunter) and filmed by Richard Harling (Don McGlashan, Katchafire, Minuit).
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Cater for Lovers is the second single off Tim Guy’s new album ‘Hummabyes’ and features the heavenly backing vocals of Anika Moa and Anna Coddington.
This is a beautiful video built around traditional non-digital special effects of scale and perspective.
It is the story of a shy girl and an artistic man who connect through her doll’s house which they are then transported into. Inside the doll’s house they travel through four different time periods: Edwardian, ’50s, ’70s and present day and explore how their relationship could have been.
The video is reminiscent of the work of the French film director
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Tim Guy comes forth with what surely must be the lightest gentle ode to the sound of the old Pacific. ‘Summer Breeze’ is the latest offering from Tim’s second album, the self-produced ‘Hummabyes’, and is a surefire antidote to the winter blues. The track, rolled along by ukelele, also features harmonica, slide guitar and delightful harmony vocals from Anika Moa and Anna Coddington.
This video was shot by award winning documentary maker Briar March at Bethels Beach and directed by Monkey Records label manager Nigel Braddock making his directorial debut.
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Hummabyes is Tim’s second album and is a refreshing set of whimsical alt. country flavoured indie-pop songs chock full of charmingly hummable tunes. He recorded it at home with his flatmates, who just happen to be Anika Moa (bass, bvs) and Anna Coddington (drums, bvs), both acclaimed singer/songwriters in their own right.
As well as Anna and Anika, the Hummabyes album features special guest appearances from a few of Tim’s mates, all NZ music luminaries, including Ed Cake, Jeremy Toy, Age Pryor, Paul McLaney and Steve Abel. Tim recorded and produced the
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Seemingly out of nowhere comes this top class debut from Australinewzealander Tim Guy. Yes, it’s produced by Bic Runga and she’s all over the album, along with Ed Cake, Ben Maitland, Milan Borich, Brady Blade and many other genius talents. All that aside, it’s a great album that Tim Guy wrote, so lets talk about the music.
Starting with a low-fi blues piece, Blazey soon achieves the extremely pleasant country tinged pop rock that it delivers consistently throughout. Guy has a head for melody & the emphasis is on keeping it relatively simple, laid back, and pretty. My picks are ‘Different
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