Timber Timbre

Dark, brooding and swampy, Timber Timbre are a Canadian band drawing heavily on folk influences to create their atmospheric music. Based around the talents of multi-instrumentalist Taylor Kirk, the band took their name from the log cabin-cum-recording studio deep in the Bobcaygeon woodlands in Ontario where Taylor Kirk recorded his early material. Their first two albums, Cedar Shakes released in 2006 and Medicinals released the following year, were self-funded and achieved little commercial success. After subsequently signing a deal with Canada's Arts and Crafts label the band released the self titled Timber Timbre. The album was well received and made it on to the Polaris Prize long list. Toronto's Eye Weekly magazine called the album "the spookiest disc of the year, and the best" and in keeping with the dark images conjured up by the music the album was available free on the band's website for the week of Halloween in 2009. The band's music has been used in a number of television dramas and films, most notable The Good Wife and Breaking Bad. Subsequent releases include albums Creep On Creepin' On (2011), Hot Dreams (2014), Sincerely, Future Pollution (2017), and Lovage (2023).  Taylor Kirk died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 44.