Timber Timbre is a

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band featuring Taylor Kirk. The moniker refers to an early series of recordings made in a timber-framed cabin set in the wooded outskirts of

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History

Timber Timbre released two albums independently before releasing their self-titled album on

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in January 2009. They were subsequently signed to

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, who re-released the album on June 30 in Canada and July 28 internationally. The album was named as a longlist nominee for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize on June 15, 2009,"CBC Radio3 Announces Polaris Prize Longlist"

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, June 15, 2009 and was deemed album of the year by ''

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''. The band's song "Magic Arrow" was featured in the television show ''

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'', in the episode "Caballo Sin Nombre", as well as in the TV series ''

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'', in the episode "Bitcoin for Dummies". "Black Water" features on the soundtrack for the 2012 comedy, '' For a Good Time, Call...'', as well ''Bottom of the World'' (2017) and in the TV series ''

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'' (2019). Their song "Demon Host" was featured in the end credits to the 2013 film '' The Last Exorcism Part II'', in

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's documentary ''

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'' (2012), and in the movie ''The Gambler'' (2014). Timber Timbre performing in 2009

The band's fourth album, '' Creep on Creepin' On'', was released in April 2011. It was named as one of ten shortlisted nominees for the

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that ultimately went to

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''. In 2012, the band supported British folk singer

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on her UK tour and Canadian singer Feist on her tour of America. The band's fifth record, '' Hot Dreams'', was released April 1, 2014. It was a shortlisted nominee for the

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,"Arcade Fire, Drake, Shad make Polaris Music Prize short list"

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, July 15, 2014. which eventually went to

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's ''

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''."Polaris Music Prize 2014: Tanya Tagaq wins $30K prize"

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, September 22, 2014. The song "Run From Me" is featured in the Netflix documentary ''

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'', in the sixth season of ''

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'', in the second season episode of ''

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'' titled "The Mombasa Cartel", in an episode from the second season of '' Good Girls'' called "The Dubby", and in the trailer for HBO's Barry Season 4. The track "Run From Me" was also featured in season 2, episode 2 of period romantic comedy

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. Timber Timbre's sixth album, '' Sincerely, Future Pollution'', was released on April 7, 2017, on

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. The album's first single, "Sewer Blues", was released in January 2017. The second single, "Velvet Gloves & Spit", was released on February 15, 2017. In 2021, Timber Timbre digitally released an EP titled ''Dissociation Tapes, Volume 1'' previously available on cassette in 2019. Timber Timbre's seventh album, ''Lovage'', was released on October 6, 2023, on Integral Music. The album's first single, "Ask the Community", was released in June 2023.

Sound

Timber Timbre's sound has been described as "an aesthetic rooted in swampy, ragged blues" and "beautifully restrained blues from an alternate universe", which creates an atmosphere that is cinematic and spooky.

Members

Current

* Taylor Kirk –

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external electric Guitar amplifier, sound amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickup (music technology), pickups ...

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

baritone guitar The baritone guitar is a guitar with a longer scale length, typically a larger body, and heavier internal bracing, so it can be tuned to a lower pitch. Gretsch, Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, ESP Guitars, PRS Guitars, Music Man, Danelectro, Sche ...

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

, keyboards * Simon Trottier –

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, keyboards * Mathieu Charbonneau – keyboards * Olivier Fairfield –

, keyboards

Discography

Albums

EPs

* ''I Am Coming to Paris'' (2016) * ''Dissociation Tapes, Volume 1'' (2019)

Compilation albums

* '' Friends in Bellwoods II'' (2009): "Water"

Other credits

Kirk and Trottier have also produced albums for other artists, including the full-length debut album by Tasseomancy."Ghost Bees Change Name to Tasseomancy, Release Timber Timbre-produced Single"
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'', September 27, 2010.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Timber Timbre Musical groups established in 2005 Musical groups from Toronto Musical groups from Montreal Canadian folk rock groups Arts & Crafts Productions artists 2005 establishments in Ontario Canadian indie folk groups City Slang artists