New Tim Fite - "Big Mistake"

Tim Fite, Little-T of One Track Mike fame, is dissecting a "Big Mistake." It's the first track off Fair Ain't Fair, the Brooklyn-via-New Brunswick singer-songwriter's second album for Anti-, which comes out in May. The song has a languid, cowpoke-tinged feel to it, but bubbles with various strains of bleeps and shouts streaming beneath the surface. The lyrics start out as a game of one-upmanship ("show me your reddest rose and I'll show you one redder," etc.) that seemingly culminate in the central hook -- "Everyone gets to make one big mistake / And if you're waitin' on me, well I'll guess you're gonna have to wait" -- until Fite admits he's just waiting to fuck up "in the most spectacular way." Musically, it makes us think of Uncle Cracker (seriously) and Eels with a slight Animal Collective inseam. We know you'll doubt that last one, so please squint your ears when you get to the 3/4 yelps and loop-y "lie, lie, lie" hollers.

Tim Fite - "Big Mistake" (MP3)

So what's the dirty joke? We find those things only bring people closer.

Fair Ain't Fair is out 5/6 on ANTI-. Tim's also taking it on the road.

03/13 - Austin, Texas @ SXSW (ANTI- Showcase)
03/18 - Denver, Colorado @ Ogden Theatre
03/20 - Minneapolis, Minnesota @ First Avenue
03/21 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin @ The Eagles Club
03/22 - Chicago, Illinois @ Vic Theatre
03/25 - Tulsa, Oklahoma @ Cain's Ballroom
03/27 - Dallas, Texas @ House of Blues
03/28 - Houston, Texas @ Warehouse Live
03/29 - Austin, Texas @ Stubb's BBQ
04/01 - Tucson, Arizona @ Rialto Theatre
04/02 - San Diego, California @ House of Blues
04/04 - Los Angeles, California @ Wiltern Theatre
04/05 - San Francisco, California @ Warfield Theatre
04/07 - Portland, Oregon @ Mississippi Studios

Posted at 4:02 PM in MP3, Tour Dates
Tags: Tim Fite

4 Comments

Looking forward to hearing this record. Gone Ain't Gone and any live Tim Fite performance prove this guy's operating on a completely different plane than most others making music. Absolutely one of the most criminally under-appreciated Artists working today. He's definitely an acquired taste and there's good reason to believe the artist is fine with that.

Posted by: jeddy3therobot at 02/27/08 5:54 PM | Reply
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i love tim fite! love

Posted by: amy at 02/27/08 8:44 PM | Reply
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i haven't heard his albums but i've seen him live - w/ ben kweller i think.
he was really good.

i wondered if his material would transfer well to an album or if it was at its best live.

Posted by: alex. at 02/27/08 10:33 PM | Reply
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That opening strum is pure eels

Posted by: radmike at 03/12/08 11:17 AM | Reply
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