LABEL FANDANGO Runaround Getaround / Mor
Tim Ten Yen Single
6 October 2008
[ Galagos 023 ]



Gentle, quintessential Englishman is what the mild mannered extrovert salaryman Tim Ten Yen would place on the plaque of his office front door in his own unique order of definition. If you cross a suit, with off-shore pirate pop radio, performance art and what the Flight Of The Concords would be if they took their tongue out of their cheek is what Tim Ten Yen whirls up into one rare and unique treat: a singing salaryman at your front door and not selling anything but charm.

Only one man like this dresses straight from work in his smart suit, riding the underground as if running the rat race because Tim Ten Yen sings for a Karaoke Pop generation that is not ironic and loves a suited sing along. "Karaoke Pop music [with a capital 'K' and 'P'] has a genuine heart to it," Mr Yen explains, "It's not dispensable, it's essential. Karaoke Pop doesn't sound quite like anything that's come before it, but is also strangely reassuring. And makes you want to wave your arms, dance and sing along, even if it's not being sung in your native tongue."

If cars were driven by piano keys and fuelled by the hidden good will of those gluttonous city bankers out there Runaround Getaround would drive you from Canary Wharf to Neverland and out at Wall Street for a meet and greet. With tongue in cheek ���you go girls��� to shake your neck to like Ricki Lake and Xylophones bouncing you along like cloud-covered karaoke sing-along bars, Runaround Getaround sets you on your way to a 3-piece suit of pop paradise. A flamboyant guitar polishes off the verses and the flower-laden choruses make you wanna grab the nearest mic or pen and sing along like Mike Flowers pops with a warrant.

Some onlookers have surmised that Tim Ten Yen comes across like Jarvis Cocker pretending to be David Tennant acting out Doctor Who with the emotive power of ABC���s vocal summer enchantment. Like the good Doctor, Tim Ten Yen has a companion. His is in the shape of an animatronic cat which sits on top of his trusty tiny keyboard of which is the centre piece of masterful live shows which has wooed and baffled the crowds of the London Underground to Leeds festival to Iceland and beyond.

Tim Ten Yen is a performer first, writer first and pop star for all and pops all that is good in lip synching lyrics, hop skotch bouncing bass and a sing alongs the navy would be proud of on shore leave in 3 minutes of pop pleasure for every hidden suits and careers girl leisure.

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