Timber Timbre

Singer-songwriter Taylor Kirk garnered attention is his native Canada by delivering a dark, mysterious combination of folk, blues, and indie rock that was both contemporary and ancient-sounding on this self-titled album from 2009. It 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 the soundtrack to some great lost '60s b-movie, at once colourfully original and creepily unsettling.

1. Demon Host

2. Lay Down in the Tall Grass

3. Until the Night is Over

4. Magic Arrow

5. We'll Find Out

6. Get Low

7. Trouble Comes Knocking

8. No Bold Villain