First Listen: Timber Timbre, 'Hot Dreams' — npr.org

hide captionTimber Timbre's new album, Hot Dreams, comes out April 1. Timber Timbre's new album, Hot Dreams, comes out April 1. Timber Timbre's members tiptoe across some strange boundaries: Atop atmospheric sound beds that often conjure spaghetti Westerns, Taylor Kirk's dusky croon can seem seductive, inviting and, when he prefers, deeply creepy. It's a voice that can embody Halloween itself — Timber Timbre is self-aware enough to have titled its last album Creep On Creepin' On — and yet Kirk possesses the versatility to sing sweet ballads with Feist on the side.

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