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Timber Timbre - Timber Timbre

Review by Robert Cooke

On Timber Timbre, Taylor Kirk shows how familiar he is with the styles of songwriting that paved the way for so much of contemporary music. But he adds little of himself to that journey.»

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the double cd edition, limited to 2000 copies in the uk, features a bonus disc of a kcrw session, recorded and broadcast live in los angeles on kcrw.com and 89.9 morning becomes eclectic with jason bentley in october 2009. singer-songwriter taylor kirk, known professionally as timber timbre, garnered attention is his native canada by delivering a dark, mysterious combination of folk, blues, and indie rock that was often both contemporary and ancient-sounding. his self-titled album opens with the unadorned guitar-and-vocal 'demon host', but adds increasingly more complex, yet still spare, production elements as the record progresses. 'until the night' features tinkling autoharp, garage rock organ, and a languid oriental melody, while 'trouble comes knocking' is driven by sleazy strip-club saxophone and a throbbing bass drum beat. throughout, timber timbre sounds like thesoundtrack to some great lost '60s b-movie, at once colorfully original and creepily unsettling. on full time hobby.
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