Timber Timbre has never distilled their grim aesthetic sensibilities more purely than they do on their self-titled album.

Melancholy chillwave that can still support more upbeat tracks.

For most of the band’s existence, Timber Timbre has been cloaked in an air of mystery. A live performance from the Canadian swamp-folk group, led by the smoky croon of frontman Taylor Kirk, is still a rare pleasure in much of the US. Now that their low profile has inched upwards, they’ve embarked on an expansive international tour in support …

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[xrr rating=4.0/5]Taylor Kirk’s voice can deftly sway between ephemeral beauty and impending doom; and as their frontman’s vocals go, so goes gothic-tinged Canadian folk-bluesmen Timber Timbre. Ever since the band’s 2009’s self-titled breakthrough—which followed two self-released records that hadn’t yet settled into a distinctive style—Timber Timbre has quietly cornered the market on creepy-cool, their foreboding sound conjuring swampy, macabre imagery …