Tim Guy plays dreamy acoustic folk/pop and he recently released a new album called Big World.

Following 2007’s experiment in lo-fi, Hummabyes, and the folk-pop of 2004’s Blazey, Big World is both a natural development of Tim’s classic pop-smarts and an aesthetic expansion into spaces as wide and wonderful as the title suggests.

A co-production between Tim and Jeremy Toy (Open Souls, Hollie Smith), the album was recorded throughout 2009 in Auckland and features Julien Dyne on drums, with further help from Matt Short, Jason Smith, Ben King, Edmund McWilliams, and Anji Sami, whose sensuous backing vocals lend not only colour but feminine form to the record’s in-the-air romanticism.

Like all fine recordings, Big World’s pop credentials are the result of several stages of perfectionist graft. Jol Mulholland mixed the album and Dave Cooley (Serge Gainsbourg, Polyphonic Spree, Danger Mouse) mastered it in Los Angeles, both men expertly finalising what came from Jeremy’s imaginative studio-scientism and began with Tim’s relatively straight-with-a-twist songwriting style. The result is a lush transformation of Tim’s best songs into his strongest album to date.

Tim has toured New Zealand many times over the last few years building up a loyal fanbase and developing into a consummate performer and entertainer. Following the release of ‘Big World’ in May 2010, Tim has been taking it to the world on a tour throughout NZ, Australia and Europe.

Reviews
“Guy (and the supporting cast) have crafted an album of gentle mature heavenly pop.” – Elsewhere
“Big World is a little pop gem” – Cheese on Toast
“Tim Guy seems to fly under the pop radar, but this collection may just bring him into the limelight.” NZ Musician