The Tym Scopes Band - Smiles

 I was sent a copy of the Tym Scopes Band debut single, Smiles, a good few months ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQC44YaHwkA I found it ok on the first listening but admittedly, it was a grower and after a while I decided I was interested enough to go and discover more about them.

The problem is there doesn't seem to be anything more out there.  Not much anyway.  44 seconds of a little tinkering (their words) and Morning Song Kokomo medley are the only songs other than Smiles on their MySpace page.   Smiles appears to be the only true song.

So what I can I tell you about them?  Well according to their press release Tym was discovered in 2008 by Nine Iron Management and was encouraged to put a band together.  South London label Blue Sun Records then approached them and asked them to do a test of sessions at some of London's top recording studios.  They recorded a batch of songs (where are they?) and played a series of exclusive private gigs which went down very well. 

Musically they are very good.  They play raw blues infused rock and we are told the crowds were hanging on to every note.  We are told they are now nestled in the studio fine tuning their album and plan to release a handful of singles free online to give their fans an insight into what they are doing.  Smiles was the first of these.  This was released in the early spring though and nothing further appears to be happening.  The Facebook page has had no further updates since May and there is nothing new on MySpace.

If anyone knows what The Tym Scopes Band are doing, please let me know!