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Following the release of the single 'Vote' on May 11th, Tim Mahon unleashes his new album The Great Kerfuffle, and he'll be hitting the road with his band. Tim Mahon has a track record in multiple areas of Aotearoa music, and somehow he's also found the time to keep writing his own music. His first solo album Music From a Lightbulb from 2002, was cleverly released under the name The Moth. As the former bass player of The Plague (1978-1979), The Whizz Kids (1979-1980), and Blam Blam (1980-1982), he's been an integral part of these highly influential Aotearoa bands. Behind the scenes, Mahon has also been involved with a number of initiatives which have had a long-lasting impact. He became the project manager at the Otara Music Arts Centre (OMAC) in 1987, where he got local band Bamboo signed to PolyGram, and to open the BB King/U2 show at Western Springs. While at OMAC, another enterprise of Mahon's was setting up a Performing Arts Award (now known as Stand Up Stand Out or “Suso”) while making the connections that would lead to the release of the groundbreaking compilation Proud: An Urban Pacific Streetsoul Compilation, and its follow-up national tour. (There's so much more to tell, you can read Alan Perrott's story about OMAC on AudioCulture). Now Tim Mahon is unleashing The Great Kerfuffle album, with a top-notch team around him: The Kerfuffle band features members of Ardijah and Bamboo, O.M.C., Newmatics and Blam Blam. At a time where every man and his dog are reforming and providing nostalgia, Mahon is presenting new music, with relevance to the interesting times we live in. From plucking the bass harmonics on the seminal Blam Blam track 'There is No Depression in New Zealand', Mahon's new songs are in keeping with the anarchistic revolutionary themes he has long espoused. The lyrics will challenge you, but the music will hug you, like an old friend you danced with at The Gluepot, The Windsor Castle, Mainstreet, The Gladstone, or The Cook. Subject matter on the 10-track album ranges far and wide. 'The Ballad of William' is an ode to one of the original Radio Hauraki pirates; 'Happy Go Lucky' is a lament for our current times; 'Fresh Northerly' is a climate anthem. 'Quite Nice' came from a Plague rehearsal for the 2021 Punk It Up festival, and features John Murray on drums, Mark Bell on guitar, with Syd Pasley (Newmatics) later adding harmony guitar.
