Tim Bluhm - Land and Sea Chanteys

tim bluhm - land & sea chanteys

(Hufa Records- 1999)

TIM BLUHM
all instruments & vocals

Additional musicians:
Nathan Pendery, Butch Boswell, Greg Olin, Isaac Parsons, Dean Kattari & Beth Fifield

Produced by Tim Bluhm
Recorded by Dean Kattari
Mixed by Tim Bluhm & Dean Kattari
All songs written by Tim Bluhm except 11 by Greg Olin and 12 by Bluhm & Olin

The debut solo album from Hips front man Tim Bluhm. Originally released on Hufa Records, Land and Sea Chanteys is out of print and is now available for download only.

Land & Sea Chanteys is somehow different from Bluhm's Mother Hips material. In this way, it's reminiscent of Pete Townshend's solo work, where the narrating voice is the same, but the explorations are far more intimate than The WHO's usual path.

Still, the conflicting sandscapes of impossible heartache and endless embraces, as told through varying, solitary voices, is the stuff of a potential Californian epic. We’re left to keep the beach fire stoked and to sort vicariously through the wayward postcards.

Track Listing 1. This Way You Fly 2. Harnessmaker's Song 3. The Temple I Worship You In 4. A Song to Play 5. Tinkerbell Perfume 6. The Nelson Touch 7. Eucalyptus Wood 8. You Break Mine Too 9. California Way 10. Girl Crazy 11. Keep You From the End 12. Godspeed John Glenn