Timber Timbre Channel the 'Essence of Rock' for 'Creep On Creepin' On'
- Posted on Apr 8th 2011 12:30PM by Jenny Charlesworth
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"It's really s----y, it's horrible," Taylor Kirk, the mastermind behind the Montreal-based project, tells Spinner. "It kind of contributes to this being kind of just another day."
"Seems like a lot of people have already heard it," agrees Mika Posen, who, alongside Simon Trottier, joined the Timber Timbre fold following the release of Kirk's last record as a solo entity in 2009.
"There were a couple of false alarm things," recalls Trottier, "and then bam, three pages on Google all to download."
Though the leak is disheartening, it at least means fans were eager to hear the new record after being teased with singles like the psychosis-inducing 'Woman,' which teeters between gentle folk and Tom Waits-inspired Gothic instrumental freak-outs.
And with the hullabaloo surrounding the album release now behind them, the trio can throw their energy into making sure 'Creep On Creepin' On' is properly received live.
"Taylor was talking to me a lot about making more rock and roll music for a couple of years," says Trottier. "And when I started playing in this band the last record was still new, so I was like, 'Oh, next time, I would like to do rock and roll music,' and he gave me lots of '50s music, Sam Cooke, all those people, the doo-wop kind of '50s approach.
"So the record is a blend of those influences and the more experimental adventures that we took with other instrumentation."
"Not rock as in more aggressive, but more of the spirit or essence of rock, historically," adds Kirk.
That's not to say they've toned back on the chilling atmospheric touches which have always played so heavily into Timber Timbre's mystique.
"I think we spent a year in the van listening to a lot of music, we listened to a lot of experimental music that Simon brought, a lot of freak jazz music," says Kirk. "I lot of stuff that we wanted to try."
"We're really into instrumental music, and were listening to a lot of soundtrack music like [Radiohead guitarist] Jonny Greenwood's 'There Will Be Blood,'" says Trottier. "So it's like a blend of all those influences, and you're listening to music everyday, saying, 'Oh we like this,' and so we took some stuff."
Thankfully, Timber Timbre were able to act upon these sonic whims and flesh out what was to become the haunting masterpiece that is 'Creep On Creepin' On.'
"We had a little bit more support and a little more resources, financially, to do this," says Kirk. "So we did take advantage of that and, therefore, made a bigger, more realized record."
