Hot Dreams

Hot Dreams
Studio album by Timber Timbre
Released March 31, 2014
Genre Folk, country blues, freak folk, psychedelic folk
Length 43:04
Label Arts & Crafts
Timber Timbre chronology
Creep On Creepin' On
(2011)Creep On Creepin' On2011		 Hot Dreams
(2014)		 Sincerely, Future Pollution
(2017)Sincerely, Future Pollution2017

Hot Dreams is the fifth studio album by Canadian band Timber Timbre, released on March 31, 2014[1] on Arts & Crafts.[2] The album was a shortlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize.[3]

Production

Kirk left Ontario for Los Angeles to write the album and was inspired by his surroundings in the Laurel Canyon.[4] Not writing alone anymore like on previous albums, the group focused more on a rock and roll trajectory with the new album, also making heavy use of vintage synthesizers and the mellotron.[5][6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Guardian[8]
NME(8/10)[9]
PopMatters(8/10)[10]
Drowned in Sound(7/10)[11]
Spectrum Culture(4/5)[12]

Hot Dreams was released to mostly positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 19 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable" reception.[7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Beat the Drum Slowly"5:29
2."Hot Dreams"4:53
3."Curtains!?"3:44
4."Bring Me Simple Men"3:50
5."Resurrection Drive, Part II"2:11
6."Grand Canyon"4:38
7."This Low Commotion"5:06
8."The New Tomorrow"4:04
9."Run From Me"4:17
10."The Three Sisters"4:51

Personnel

  • Taylor Kirk – drums, farfisa organ, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, layout, mellotron, Novachord, hammond organ, percussion, piano, theremin, vocals, producer
  • Simon Trottier – acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, marxophone, mellotron, percussion, tubular bells, vocals, engineer, producer
  • Mathieu Charbonneau – farfisa organ, harpsichord, mellotron, Novachord, piano, vox continental, wurlitzer
  • Olivier Farfield – drums, fender rhodes, electric guitar, hammond organ, synthesizer, tape machine, engineer
  • Colin Stetson – baritone sax, bass sax, c-melody sax
  • Mika Posen – strings, vocals
  • Simone Schmidt – vocals
  • Mark Lawson – synthesizer drums, mixing
  • Romy Lightman – vocals

References

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