Canada's Timber Timbre are ornamental, likeable and write damn memorable tunes. Take this splendiferous slice of laid back folk, for instance. 'Black Water' is a folk/blues ballad like you've never heard before. They precisely fuse fuzzy, Beach House-esque organs, tinkling keys and horn jingles interspersed here and there, somehow making it all work. Their delectable, spookily melancholic aesthetic is once again epitomised; 'I nee-eed some sunshine', they repeat, warbling the lyrics to form a trippy summer aura.
It's the first single taken from their forthcoming LP, Creep On Creepin' On, released on April 5th, on Arts & Crafts. I warn you, or rather, inform you: don't be surprised if they sell mountains of records, and come back next summer to headline all our festivals. Just like Bon Iver was the cult hero of 2008, and Beach House's popularity escalated almost mystically over the course of 2010, big things are due for Timber Timbre in 2011.
