Timber Timbre is a

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

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History

Timber Timbre released two albums independently before releasing their self-titled album on Out of This Spark in January 2009. They were subsequently signed to Arts & Crafts, who re-released the album on June 30 in Canada and July 28 internationally. The album was named as a longlist nominee for the

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

The band's fourth album, ''

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'', was released in April 2011. It was named as one of ten shortlisted nominees for the

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that ultimately went to Arcade Fire's '' The Suburbs''. 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 2014 Polaris Music Prize,"Arcade Fire, Drake, Shad make Polaris Music Prize short list"

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, July 15, 2014. which eventually went to Tanya Tagaq'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 '' Wild Wild Country'', in the sixth season of ''

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'', in the second season episode of ''

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'' titled "The Mombasa Cartel", and in an episode from the second season of '' Good Girls'' called "The Dubby". Timber Timbre's sixth album, ''

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'', was released on April 7, 2017, on City Slang Records. 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.

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 act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or witho ...

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gu ...

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

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, Sch ...

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

, keyboards * Simon Trottier –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

, keyboards * Mathieu Charbonneau – keyboards * Olivier Fairfield –

, keyboards

Discography

Albums

EPs

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

Compilation albums

* ''

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'' (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