For those of you who wondered just what Tim’s been doing since his last post (in December!) He’s mainly been writing new material, playing the odd sporadic gig and producing fellow Nottingham artist Will Jeffery’s EP. The as-yet untitled release should be available in August and is shaping up to be fantastic…Keep your eyes and ears peeled!

Nottingham culture magazine Leftlion have written a fantastic review of the Album in their December/January edition, and have also featured Tim in their Sound of The Lion podcast, which can be found here. It’s a really great show so you should have a listen. Tim has played at Leftlion’s Hockly Hustle event at the Broadway for the past two years, and is an avid reader (he even has the limited edition tea towel they produced)  so it’s really great to have their support.

The Jam Cafe was packed to bursting for the Album Launch party on 28th November, as Timothy J Simpson’s new band the Monstrous Dead rocked the rafters and supports Hicks and Will Jeffery truly made it a night to remember… Videos will be posted on Youtube, here and myspace ASAP, but thanks to everyone who attended and made it such a special night.

The debut album is now back in stock at Amazon, for all those of you who have been asking. In addition there have been some fantastic web reviews of the album – likening Tim to such greats as Damien Jurado and even Woody Guthrie – as always, head over to the press page to check them out.

In a very exciting turn of events Nottingham bluesman and all round-good guy Will Jeffery has agreed to play at Tim’s launch event on 28th November… another reason to attend (as if you didn’t have enough already, with added support from Hicks and Tim playing with a full live band for the first time)

Tim’s album is now available via Amazon, Itunes and CD Baby – although due to a stockeeping error resulting from pre-release sales Amazon is currently temporarily out of stock. You can still order here though, and they will back-order – you will have a pristine copy of “Our glorious hero battles the man” before a week is out!

Tim has been recieving rave reviews recently from the local press priot to the release of the debut album and following two triumphant performances at the 2009 Hockley Hustle. Check out the Press section for more details…

CD Baby are now accepting pre-orders of the Album before the release date in 2nd November. If you want to have a look at the page feel free – the link is available via the “shop” tab.

Internet retailer Amazon has just started accepting pre-orders for Tim’s debut album, prior to the worldwide release on November 2nd. If you’re interested head on over to the “shop” link above.

That’s right… they finally got round to it. Tim waxes lyrical to Evening Post reporter Zoe Kirk in both video and text forms – see the “Video” and “Press” pages respectively. Luckily his part in the torching of Liberty nightclub the night before isn’t brought up…