Tim Ten Yen

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tim Ten YEN, also known as "TTY", is an English recording artist. He has been called the "Sensational Singing Salaryman". [1] He was championed by the English disc jockey Steve Lamacq as a "cult figure of the future". [2]

He grew up outside London. [3] His music has been called "devoid of pretention but full of original eccentricity" [4] while the post-punk musician Paul Hawkins has lauded his writing "joyous, catchy and indescribably wonderful songs that are simultaneously utterly universal and entirely unique". [5]

His debut album Everything Beautiful Reminds Me of You was released by Pointy Records in late 2008. [6] That same year saw the release of an EP Runaround Get Around on the Club Fandango label. [7]

His work has been featured in Flux Magazine , [8] Keep It Fast.com, [9] and RadioNowhere's Best of 2008 [10] and was included on Spinner.com "Ten Acts to Watch in 2010" as "a one-man Divine Comedy ." [2]

tim Ten YEN has toured with and opened in support of Carter USM and also for the group's lead singer Jim Bob's solo shows. [4] He has played the Reading Festival in 2006 [1] [11] and 2007. [12]

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  2. 1 2 "Yahoo". Spinner.com. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Under The Influence - Tim Ten Yen | Tim Ten Yen | London Tourdates Magazine | issue #038". 25 January 2010. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Jim Bob / Tim Ten Yen, Freebutt, Brighton, Sep 2". The Argus . Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Sweeping The Nation: Noughties By Nature #111: Tim Ten Yen – Sea Anenome". Sweepingthenation.blogspot.com. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Pointy Records". Pointyrecords.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Club Fandango | Independent Music Promotions". Clubfandango.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  8. ↑ [ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ "KEEP IT FAST, Progressive, Comedy, Hardcore, Thrash, Punk, News, Reviews and Latest Tracks | Stuff That Was Released Last Year That I Missed: Part 1". Keepitfast.com. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "It's Eclectic! It's Eccentric! It's RadioNowhere's BlogSpot!: RadioNowhere's Best of 2008". Radionowhereuk.blogspot.com. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Under the Influence - Tim Ten Yen | Tim Ten Yen | London Tourdates Magazine | issue #038". www.tourdates.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  12. ↑ "Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals' Alternative Stage announced". Nme.com. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
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