Timber Timbre

The best way to describe Timber Timbre is “haunted folk-pop.” Mastermind Torontonian Taylor Kirk provides creamy, restrained vocals over very simple, minimal accompaniment – perfect music to be written while alone in a cabin in the forest and then performed with macabre in a church.

Over the course of two albums, 2006’s Cedar Shakes and 2007’s Medicinals, Timber Timbre has harnessed a truly unique sound, grounded in folk, roots, blues, and country. With the release of 2009’s self-titled record on Out of this Spark, Timber Timbre takes his minimalistic sound to the next level by playing with more intriguing, sweeping melodies over genre-bending, dissonant and constant rhythm-changing accompaniment. “Lay Down in the Tall Grass” definitely has that tranquil, bluesy backbeat feel, but Kirk’s buttery, almost-drunken vocals places an almost “sad clown” interpretation on the song. Another single, “Trouble Comes Knocking,” begins with a swelling two-step before Kirk’s gentle, rich storytelling vocals chime in. By the time the chorus comes in, we are transported into a bluesy, death march, complete with bellowing church organ.

Timber Timbre will be making stops across Canada and the U.S. this fall, a handful of his performances at churches. Catch Timber Timbre for a unique evening of eerie, bluesy, one-man folk that will have you rethinking “church music.” For a complete list of tour dates, check out the band’s MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/timbertimbre.