Tim Guy is on a 20 date national tour to promote his new album Hummabyes and is humming to a town near you.
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).
Anika is busy touring her own new album so Ned Ngatae (Trinity Roots, Hollie Smith) will be filling in for her on bass on the tour and Anna will be playing drums and providing some heavenly backing vocals. Anna will be performing her own material as support from her forthcoming debut album.
Here's what the critics have been saying about Hummabyes:
This gentle album is so light it makes the Bats sound like Thin Lizzy.
Auckland-based singer-songwriter Guy has stripped his music back to airy arrangments for guitar and bass (with ukulele, slide, harmonica and triangle where required) but the whole thing has a summershine spaciousness and the smart production lets these whimsical (but never twee) songs breathe even more gently.
Beautiful backing vocals by Anika Moa and Anna Coddington, a few classy but discreet guests, and who knew the Tokey Tones would ever have such a profound influence?
Soft pop which just charms like crazy -- right up until the final track which is a funny and wheezy singalong for drunken uncles at a wedding.
Graham Reid, Elsewhere
Hummabyes is an unassuming pop gem.
**** (four stars)
Mart Duda, Real Groove
If Tim Guy were to sing these songs to me as we sailed our rowboat into the lazy horizon, I’d sure be perfectly happy. It’d be ok, because his bandmates Anna Coddington and Anika Moa would be there singing the sweetest harmonies this side of the Tasman, and tastefully augmenting Tim’s guitar work with their bass/drums combo. I guess my point is, this is some hardcore sleepily romantic music. It all sounds effortless and the songs roll along like some kind of blissed out Sunday afternoon.
Matt Crawley, Eavesdrop
