Tim and Jean

Tim and Jean “We just started the whole thing as a bit of fun, two good friends hanging out making music. We were just making tracks for the sake of making music. We’re really stoked and grateful for what has happened. It’s been really exciting. We don’t know what’s going to happen or what is coming up. I don’t think we ever thought we’d have an album out.”

Tim and Jean To call Tim & Jean an overnight sensation has all sorts of negative connotations that should not be applied to the Perth pair. Far from being reality TV sensations, the pair found that the weird and wonderful world of the internet really can help garner attention for true talent.

Having recorded a few tracks at home, an excited Jean put the track straight onto Triple J, who championed the partnership and the rest as the say is history.

With their debut album, Like What, about to hit the shelves , Jean told JEREMY WILLIAMS that the album evolved in a similar way to their initial output. “We kind of had one or two tracks together when we first started jamming. We won a competition to play the Parklife Festival and that forced us to write a hell of a lot of songs really quickly. We put the album together in two or three weeks.”

Admitting that “it was a pretty stressful time”, Jean is pleased that the result is a “fun album, it’s the early music from us, from back in 2009. It’s just something that captured where we were at the time.”

“I think people are expecting it to be totally synth, electronic-driven but its got a lot of acoustic in there. That is where Tim and I are more comfortable, playing in a live situation. It is just, in my opinion, a happy and fun type of record.”

Tim and Jean’s album, Like What, is available on April 1st.