Following
on from his debut single release ‘Voodoo Wave’
on the OIB Spilt Series Volume 1 7” and six years
in the making The Tumbledown Estate
is finally ready to unleash his debut-album upon the
world!
‘Fuck
Sweat and Tears’ is an incredibly personal piece
of work that lays the Tumbledown Estate bare for the whole world to
analyse. The six years it took to create this masterpiece were
very hard on Jim and this is a record full of the ups and downs of an
artist on the brink of self-destruction as he comes to terms with years
of demons. However ask him what it’s about and he’ll probably
just say surfing!
If Brian
Wilson was born 40 years later and grew up listening to the Magnetic
Fields, Of Montreal and Why? then this is would be his ‘Smile’.
Its 10 tracks of scuzzed-out pop-drenched violent self-destruction,
and quite possibly the greatest record I’ve ever heard. I really
cannot wait for you all to hear this masterpiece.
This
page is set up as the blog home for The Tumbledown Estate
where in the following months leading up to the release of his record
Jim will be updating you all with the progress of his recordings, his
live shows and promotion. That is of course when he isn’t cleansing
himself of guilt through the medium of surf.
Here are a few
snaps we took of Jim in his home-studio putting the finishing touches
to the demo recordings of his new album.
