* It's All About Love album - 2002*'Feast' Candle Compilation - 2002
'House Husband' & 'Love Desperado'
'House Husband' & 'Love Desperado'
*'Flipside' Candle Compilation - 2004
'Weeping In Love' Remixed By Isnod
'Weeping In Love' Remixed By Isnod
*Kitchen Songs album - 2005
*'Hamper' Candle Compilation - 2006
'In The Country' & 'Jodestar'
*'Hamper' Candle Compilation - 2006'In The Country' & 'Jodestar'
Audio Samples - Real Audio
*Johnny And June from 'Kitchen Songs'
*Love Desperado from 'It's All About Love'
*Song Of Sorrow from 'It's All About Love'
*Johnny And June from 'Kitchen Songs'
*Love Desperado from 'It's All About Love'
*Song Of Sorrow from 'It's All About Love'
It's been over 3 years since Tim Oxley released his amazing 'It's All About Love' debut solo album and finally we can announce the release details of his new album 'Kitchen Songs.' The new album continues some themes from the first album while exploring the central theme of domesticity. It's the perfect follow-up, with Tim in wonderful voice again, but this time it's more stylistically diverse. The new album will especially appeal to anyone that loved 'It's All About Love' and/or The Dearhunters 'Red, Wine & Blue' album (which we absolutely love). 'It's All About Love' when it was released, received amazing reviews and was Melbourne's radio station RRR album of the week and we expect a lot of interest in the new album.
'Kitchen Songs' Album Message From Tim
"Hi Candle music fans, my name is Tim Oxley and my brand new album is called "Kitchen Songs". I started recording it a couple of years back in a house in Thirroul on the south coast of Sydney. My daughter, Harmony Parker had just entered the world and life at home became a different bag of bananas for us all but I managed to record away in between changing nappies, boiling bottles and visiting the supermarket for peanut butter. For a few weeks I had to look after Harmony by myself as Jodi was touring so I really got to feel what it was like to be a single mother. It was a fun experience and now I know why "Days of our Lives" is so popular. I have also been doing a lot of hanging around the kitchen making breakfast, lunch and dinner for my mob listening to all sorts of music and I thought "Kitchen Songs" an appropriate title for the album as it contains many songs that are different from each other.
"Stepford Husband" is a song about going crazy from the relentless tasks involved with parenthood. A lot has changed since "House Husband" was written. "Drift Away" is about running away from everyone you knew where you were brought up. Where the world goes away is about a place I lived in called Milbong. It was a place that had a very free feeling about it. Probably because there was no one around except for the landlord. There was a tree shaped like a donut and a bull that would wander into the yard and stare at us through our open front door. It didn't have a postcard and once this guy up the hill invited us to his house to shoot at watermelons he had collected in his ute.
Jodi, Ivy, Harmony and I moved to Tasmania over a year ago to a little place called Grove in The Huon Valley. We lived in huge house on a couple of acres and lived the country life style. We chopped wood for the fire, baked apple pie, collected flowers from the garden and bought a couple of sheep to cut the grass (they did a lousy job so we sold them to a man with a winking eye). I finished recording the album in a big green room that was attached to the main house.
"Johnny and June" is a song about Johnny Cash after his wife had passed away and "Elliot" is about Elliot Smith taking his own life. These two guys wrote very beautiful songs and will be sadly missed by the world. Well there you go people. Since I have finished the album we have all moved back to the mainland to Austinmer near Thirroul, and I have purchased a surfboard so who knows what the next album will bring. I was thinking along the lines of Heavy Surf Metal Country Opera. What do ya rekin? ...........See you at a show sometime soon.
Tim."
'It's All About Love' Album Information
"It's All About Love" is the debut album for Tim Oxley and that’s exactly what it is, a collection of 12 beautiful, gorgeous melodies all about love.
A voice that resonates sweet magic, lyrics that are wise and innocent at once. Tim Oxley, singer-songwriter troubadour and high plains drifter has presented a heartfelt collection of delicate melodies on his debut solo album ‘It’s All About Love’. Tracks such as ‘Love Desperado’ and ‘Are You My Friend‘ have the charm and elegance of Elliott Smith. Whilst ‘The Fishing Song’ and ‘Hey Watcha Doin’ Today’ possess the melting harmonies and magical melodies that signified Simon and Garfunkel.
A member of the same family which gave Oz-rock the Sunnyboys in the 80’s and jazz vocalist Melanie Oxley in the 90s, Tim has made a musical journey of his own in the past decade. From the pop world of the Humdingers, he moved to the post-grunge Red Eye rock of the Verys, and then on again when he became tired of turning the amps up to 11. He ended the Verys to pursue his true love of sweet sad slow love songs and he hasn’t looked back since.
This delicate ambition was first explored when he formed The Dearhunters with Jodi Phillis & Raph Whittingham (Clouds) and Greg Hitchcock (ex-You Am I, Monarchs) to record the wonderful ‘Red, Wine and Blue’ album. From there, Tim teamed up with friend Trent McNamara to form the close-harmony country pop group Grandview.
After playing in several bands over the last decade Tim has decided to make a musical journey on his own. It’s All About Love is a solo work in every sense. Tim harmonises with himself here, the doubled voices blending to create an instrument in their own right. While underpinning the melody, Tim also recorded drums, bass and guitar that give the album its backbone.
The album was recorded in three different cities – Toronto (by Don Kerr), Sydney (by Greg Wales) and Melbourne (by Paul Thomas). Jodi Phillis (vocals and artwork) and Darren Hanlon (hammond organ) both guest on the album.
An amazing solo album. Oh how sweet it is especially when it’s all about love!!
Tim Oxley Biography
Hailing from the far north coast of New South Wales, Australia, Tim Oxley is one of the youngest members of the undeniably talented Oxley offspring. Older brothers, Jeremy and Peter had a mega dose of teenage fame with their band The Sunnyboys from 1980 til 1984 with their spiky yet melodic pop songs of adolescent angst. Their sister Melanie is a renowned vocalist in her own right, and has released 3 beautiful albums with her musical partner, Chris Abrahams who is also a member of the avant- garde jazz trio, The Necks.
That brings us to Tim, singer, guitar player, drummer and songwriter of some of the most heartbreakingly beautiful songs you are ever likely to hear. With a voice that truly resonates with sweet magic and lyrics that are wise and innocent at once, it’s only a matter of time before people in your town will be praising his talents. Tim has been quietly working away at his craft since he was 11 and has played with the cream of the Australian music world, subtly influencing many musicians along the way.
The Humdingers were Tim’s first serious band, a power pop force that first made music lovers aware of his gifts. After the demise of The Humdingers, The Verys emerged and enjoyed critical acclaim and many new fans, but Tim was becoming tired of amps turned up to 11 and ended the group to pursue his true love of sweet, sad, slow love songs.
Joining forces with Jodi Phillis of Clouds fame, The Dearhunters were born and their love of harmonies and melancholy moods entwined to record ‘Red Wine and Blue’, a truly gorgeous album, released on the Candle Records label, which many a critic gushed over rapturously. With The Dearhunters on hold, Tim and Jodi went separate ways, with Jodi recording a solo album and Tim hitting the road with another singer/songwriter, Trent Macnamara, from the influential Brisbane pop group the Melniks. For the next year they travelled around Australia, writing songs and playing shows, finally ending up in Melbourne where they lived in a pub which gave them their name, Grandview. Melbourne audiences fell in love with their sweet cowboy sound, and soon after, they recorded and released their first album, self-titled, ‘Grandview’.
Over the last year, Tim has been recording his debut solo album, playing all of the instruments on it except for some very special guest appearances by Darren Hanlon and Jodi Phillis.
THE DEARHUNTERS
__________________________________________________
Line-Up
Jodi Phillis - Vocals & Guitar
Tim Oxley - Vocals & Bass
Greg Hitchcock - Guitar & Slide
Raph Whittingham - Drums
The Dearhunters Discography
* Red Wine & Blue album - 1999
'Kitchen Songs' Album Message From Tim
"Hi Candle music fans, my name is Tim Oxley and my brand new album is called "Kitchen Songs". I started recording it a couple of years back in a house in Thirroul on the south coast of Sydney. My daughter, Harmony Parker had just entered the world and life at home became a different bag of bananas for us all but I managed to record away in between changing nappies, boiling bottles and visiting the supermarket for peanut butter. For a few weeks I had to look after Harmony by myself as Jodi was touring so I really got to feel what it was like to be a single mother. It was a fun experience and now I know why "Days of our Lives" is so popular. I have also been doing a lot of hanging around the kitchen making breakfast, lunch and dinner for my mob listening to all sorts of music and I thought "Kitchen Songs" an appropriate title for the album as it contains many songs that are different from each other.
"Stepford Husband" is a song about going crazy from the relentless tasks involved with parenthood. A lot has changed since "House Husband" was written. "Drift Away" is about running away from everyone you knew where you were brought up. Where the world goes away is about a place I lived in called Milbong. It was a place that had a very free feeling about it. Probably because there was no one around except for the landlord. There was a tree shaped like a donut and a bull that would wander into the yard and stare at us through our open front door. It didn't have a postcard and once this guy up the hill invited us to his house to shoot at watermelons he had collected in his ute.
Jodi, Ivy, Harmony and I moved to Tasmania over a year ago to a little place called Grove in The Huon Valley. We lived in huge house on a couple of acres and lived the country life style. We chopped wood for the fire, baked apple pie, collected flowers from the garden and bought a couple of sheep to cut the grass (they did a lousy job so we sold them to a man with a winking eye). I finished recording the album in a big green room that was attached to the main house.
"Johnny and June" is a song about Johnny Cash after his wife had passed away and "Elliot" is about Elliot Smith taking his own life. These two guys wrote very beautiful songs and will be sadly missed by the world. Well there you go people. Since I have finished the album we have all moved back to the mainland to Austinmer near Thirroul, and I have purchased a surfboard so who knows what the next album will bring. I was thinking along the lines of Heavy Surf Metal Country Opera. What do ya rekin? ...........See you at a show sometime soon.
Tim."
'It's All About Love' Album Information
"It's All About Love" is the debut album for Tim Oxley and that’s exactly what it is, a collection of 12 beautiful, gorgeous melodies all about love.
A voice that resonates sweet magic, lyrics that are wise and innocent at once. Tim Oxley, singer-songwriter troubadour and high plains drifter has presented a heartfelt collection of delicate melodies on his debut solo album ‘It’s All About Love’. Tracks such as ‘Love Desperado’ and ‘Are You My Friend‘ have the charm and elegance of Elliott Smith. Whilst ‘The Fishing Song’ and ‘Hey Watcha Doin’ Today’ possess the melting harmonies and magical melodies that signified Simon and Garfunkel.
A member of the same family which gave Oz-rock the Sunnyboys in the 80’s and jazz vocalist Melanie Oxley in the 90s, Tim has made a musical journey of his own in the past decade. From the pop world of the Humdingers, he moved to the post-grunge Red Eye rock of the Verys, and then on again when he became tired of turning the amps up to 11. He ended the Verys to pursue his true love of sweet sad slow love songs and he hasn’t looked back since.
This delicate ambition was first explored when he formed The Dearhunters with Jodi Phillis & Raph Whittingham (Clouds) and Greg Hitchcock (ex-You Am I, Monarchs) to record the wonderful ‘Red, Wine and Blue’ album. From there, Tim teamed up with friend Trent McNamara to form the close-harmony country pop group Grandview.
After playing in several bands over the last decade Tim has decided to make a musical journey on his own. It’s All About Love is a solo work in every sense. Tim harmonises with himself here, the doubled voices blending to create an instrument in their own right. While underpinning the melody, Tim also recorded drums, bass and guitar that give the album its backbone.
The album was recorded in three different cities – Toronto (by Don Kerr), Sydney (by Greg Wales) and Melbourne (by Paul Thomas). Jodi Phillis (vocals and artwork) and Darren Hanlon (hammond organ) both guest on the album.
An amazing solo album. Oh how sweet it is especially when it’s all about love!!
Tim Oxley Biography
Hailing from the far north coast of New South Wales, Australia, Tim Oxley is one of the youngest members of the undeniably talented Oxley offspring. Older brothers, Jeremy and Peter had a mega dose of teenage fame with their band The Sunnyboys from 1980 til 1984 with their spiky yet melodic pop songs of adolescent angst. Their sister Melanie is a renowned vocalist in her own right, and has released 3 beautiful albums with her musical partner, Chris Abrahams who is also a member of the avant- garde jazz trio, The Necks.
That brings us to Tim, singer, guitar player, drummer and songwriter of some of the most heartbreakingly beautiful songs you are ever likely to hear. With a voice that truly resonates with sweet magic and lyrics that are wise and innocent at once, it’s only a matter of time before people in your town will be praising his talents. Tim has been quietly working away at his craft since he was 11 and has played with the cream of the Australian music world, subtly influencing many musicians along the way.
The Humdingers were Tim’s first serious band, a power pop force that first made music lovers aware of his gifts. After the demise of The Humdingers, The Verys emerged and enjoyed critical acclaim and many new fans, but Tim was becoming tired of amps turned up to 11 and ended the group to pursue his true love of sweet, sad, slow love songs.
Joining forces with Jodi Phillis of Clouds fame, The Dearhunters were born and their love of harmonies and melancholy moods entwined to record ‘Red Wine and Blue’, a truly gorgeous album, released on the Candle Records label, which many a critic gushed over rapturously. With The Dearhunters on hold, Tim and Jodi went separate ways, with Jodi recording a solo album and Tim hitting the road with another singer/songwriter, Trent Macnamara, from the influential Brisbane pop group the Melniks. For the next year they travelled around Australia, writing songs and playing shows, finally ending up in Melbourne where they lived in a pub which gave them their name, Grandview. Melbourne audiences fell in love with their sweet cowboy sound, and soon after, they recorded and released their first album, self-titled, ‘Grandview’.
Over the last year, Tim has been recording his debut solo album, playing all of the instruments on it except for some very special guest appearances by Darren Hanlon and Jodi Phillis.
THE DEARHUNTERS
__________________________________________________
Line-Up
Jodi Phillis - Vocals & Guitar
Tim Oxley - Vocals & Bass
Greg Hitchcock - Guitar & Slide
Raph Whittingham - Drums
The Dearhunters Discography
* Red Wine & Blue album - 1999*'Banter' Candle Compilation - 2000
'Ambulance' & 'Candle'
*Ivy 7" - Split 7" w/Hired Guns
(Released on Steady Cam Records)
Audio Samples
*Ambulance - Real Audio from 'Banter' Compilation
*Mr Katherine - Real Audio from 'Red Wine & Blue'
The Dearhunters 'Red Wine & Blue'
From the ashes of the Clouds and Lounge-O-Sound came The Dearhunters, who delivered a sophisticated pop record in the shape of ‘Red Wine And Blue’. Haunting mellow songs that feature the fabulous dual vocals of Jodi Phillis (ex-Clouds) and Tim Oxley (ex-The Verys), seep into the psyche at every twist and turn.
The harmony laden ‘Mr Katherine’ opens the album and then ‘Heads’ soaked in pedal steel has Jodi’s voice in full flight. The beautiful ‘Ivy’ is as sweet and heartfelt song as you’re ever likely to hear.
By the time you reach ‘Clothes’ the band has moved into seduction mode. Each track here is pure class and celebrates the wonderful collaboration of musicians that have worked on the record. ‘Red Wine and Blue’ was recorded in the lounge room at a hippy beach shack in Bundeena by Cameron McCauley. The result is a remarkable collection of bittersweet tunes that The Dearhunters are proud to label "easy listening".
'Ambulance' & 'Candle'
*Ivy 7" - Split 7" w/Hired Guns(Released on Steady Cam Records)
Audio Samples
*Ambulance - Real Audio from 'Banter' Compilation
*Mr Katherine - Real Audio from 'Red Wine & Blue'
The Dearhunters 'Red Wine & Blue'
From the ashes of the Clouds and Lounge-O-Sound came The Dearhunters, who delivered a sophisticated pop record in the shape of ‘Red Wine And Blue’. Haunting mellow songs that feature the fabulous dual vocals of Jodi Phillis (ex-Clouds) and Tim Oxley (ex-The Verys), seep into the psyche at every twist and turn.
The harmony laden ‘Mr Katherine’ opens the album and then ‘Heads’ soaked in pedal steel has Jodi’s voice in full flight. The beautiful ‘Ivy’ is as sweet and heartfelt song as you’re ever likely to hear.
By the time you reach ‘Clothes’ the band has moved into seduction mode. Each track here is pure class and celebrates the wonderful collaboration of musicians that have worked on the record. ‘Red Wine and Blue’ was recorded in the lounge room at a hippy beach shack in Bundeena by Cameron McCauley. The result is a remarkable collection of bittersweet tunes that The Dearhunters are proud to label "easy listening".