As a wise man once said: some guys get all the breaks. Tim Heidecker (co-creator of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!) seems to be one of those guys. I mean, come on now. Is there a single one of you reading this who doesn’t think you could pack a few bowls in the attic, sit on the couch with a flip cam, and do what that guy does for a living just as successfully?? Exactly. Me too. Thing is, Tim beat us to it. So now he’s funny and authoritative, and we’re not. And damned if he isn’t reaping the benefits of having a paid outlet for his antics.
Case in point: he and Davin Wood (Tim and Eric’s resident music guy) are, just for the schmaltzy comedy fun of it, releasing an LP together. Entitled Starting From Nowhere, this newest venture comes out on March 15 via Little Record Company and consists of a dozen songs written at Tim and Davin’s home studios over the past couple of years that, for one reason or another, weren’t quite right for their hit TV show. See? Home studios? Hit TV shows? This guy is killing me!
What will the record sound like, you ask? What else? A mix of 70s soft rock (Eagles, Billy Joel, Doobie Brothers), singer-songwriters (Jackson Browne, Seals and Croft), and epically cheesy studio rock groups (Steely Dan, Queen). According to the whiz-bang press release, the combination of Heidecker’s “strange mix of dry humor and sincerity with Wood’s spot-on ability to create authentically nostalgic sounding tracks” creates some truly epic shower jams. Whatever. We’ll see what Harry Nilsson has to say about THAT, Tim.
Starting From Nowhere tracklisting:
01. Cross Country Skiing
02. Right or Wrong
03. Grandest Canyon
04. Wedding Song
05. Desert Island
06. Life on the Road
07. Weatherman
08. A Song for My Father
09. Right to the Minute
10. She Left You
11. Million People
12. Christmas Suite (bonus track)
• Tim & Eric: http://www.timanderic.com
• Little Record Company: http://www.littlerecordcompany.com
