★★★★★
Success can be bred out of failure, something that the Toronto, Canada, band Timber Timbre knows all too well. In 2013, founder and leader Taylor Kirk was tapped to score music for the horror film The Last Exorcism Part II. While a Timber Timbre song plays over the credits sequence, due to a host of unfortunate circumstances, the score Kirk wrote was rejected...
- www.popmatters.com
2014-05-09
★★★★★
There's no doubt that the Canadian folk music project Timber Timbre boasts an entirely unique sound, emitting a melancholy reminiscent of the National but with a spooky, retro twist. The band's newest album, Hot Dreams, is an ambitious project that propels listeners into what seems like a cinematic, black-and-white horror film experience, with Taylor Kirk's eerie and placid vocals guiding us through it...
- www.cmj.com
2014-04-05
★★★★★
Foster The People, Supermodel
The lead track from Foster the People's new album is titled "Are You What You Want To Be?". Let's hope that the Californian trio have done a little self-reflection, because if they are answering that question in the affirmative and offering Supermodel to back it up - to put it politely - there's work to be done.
Following the release of their megahit "Pumped-Up Kicks", Foster the People, led by Mark Foster, have been pigeonholed, perhaps unfairly...
- prettymuchamazing.com
2014-04-08
★★★★★
Few artists could manage a trajectory as fine-tuned as Timber Timbre: in developing a distinct identity for his swamp-folk project over five releases in eight years, Taylor Kirk has ensured each album feels more substantial than the last. Previously, Timber Timbre's creepy qualities conjured B-movie references, but 'Hot Dreams' feels distinctly film noir...
- www.nme.com
2014-03-31
★★★★★
TIMBER TIMBRE ARE SAID to take their name from the wooden Ontario cabin where linchpin Taylor Kirk recorded his debut album. This fifth album is more an ornate picture palace - in some magically gothic American Everyville. Kirk's commanding baritone and air of deadpan wisdom gives commonality with Bill Callahan, but this is a more expansive, rococo production than Callahan's Dream River ...
- www.mojo4music.com
2014-03-31
★★★★★
Creep On Creepin' On, the punning title to Timber Timbre's 2011 album, had it just about right. This Canadian trio dispense a slow, seductive blend of blues and country that skulks in the shadows, whispering sweet nothings before baring its fangs. Singer Taylor Kirk's lyrics supply much of the menacing pleasure, "You turned me on, then you turned on me" he sings on This Low Commotion, an evocation of love as simmering hostility...
- www.theguardian.com
2014-03-30
★★★★★
When it gets to 's music, 'cinematic' is the word you are looking for. arrives after four captivating (and relatively unappreciated) records, which saw the band transition from a predominantly folk mysticism to a concoction of folk, blues, Fifties Americana and not one, but many 'cinematic' atmospheres. No one would ever doubt that Timber Timbre are experts in making their albums sound like scores...
- www.drownedinsound.com
2014-03-28
★★★★★
Label:
Full Time Hobby
Release Date:
31/03/2014
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When it gets to Timber Timbre's music, 'cinematic' is the word you are looking for. Hot Dreams arrives after four captivating (and relatively unappreciated) records, which saw the band transition from a predominantly folk mysticism to a concoction of folk, blues, Fifties Americana and not one, but many 'cinematic' atmospheres...
- drownedinsound.com
2014-04-01
★★★★★
Their last record, 2010's earned Timber Timbre critical gushings, a Polaris Prize shortlist nod and growth in their international audience. Chances are that will all be repeated with this stunningly accomplished new album, their fifth. Timber Timbre are often misleadingly still termed a folk band, but it'd be more accurate to describe them in cinematic terms. There's a widescreen Morricone-like quality to the sound, while a spooky sense of dread sometimes infers David Lynch...
- exclaim.ca
2014-03-29
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