Albany by way of Altamont prog-rockers Timbre Coup released a new single, “Firestorm,” on September 21, coming two years after the release of Sudden Urge.
Timbre Coup – Andrew Chamberlaine (guitar), Ben Pickering (bass), Dan Gerken (guitar/vocals), Matt Pickering (drums) – grew from the Capital District music scene in 2007, moving on to play hundred of shows alongside bands including The New Deal, Dopapod, Papadosio, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, and Consider the Source, in additional performing at Camp Bisco, Catskill Chill, moe.down, The Big Up, Mountain Jam, Wormtown and Strangecreek, among others.
Following a hiatus from 2014-18, which saw the band perforing in projects including Mister F and Lord Electro, Timbre Coup began playing and preparing for live shows again, making their triumphant return to a near sold out crowd on March 2, 2019 at The Hollow. Check out the live album from their return show on Bandcamp.
In 2020 the band would go on to record and later release in 2021 their fourth original album, Sudden Urge, a collection of previously unrecorded songs, both old and new.
Singer and lyricist Dan Gerken shares this on the new track:
Firestorm was written in summer/fall of 2022 and consists of a guitar harmony driven theme throughout. The harmonies range from beautiful mixolydian keys to a more minor approach as the song wears on, telling a weaving story of heartache many people can relate to. The lyrics are meant to uplift. The song is a reminder to not be so dependent on a lover or a partner, but each has to stand alone in greatness to magnify the results of the partnership.
“Firestorm” is the latest from Timbre Coup and is part of a new recording and writing goal for the band as they embark on their fifth studio album this coming winter and spring. The band records at Gerken’s studio just outside of Albany, giving the group a great deal of freedom and flexibility in the recording and writing process. With raw ideas aplenty, the band looks to the structure and writing styles for each song as they press ahead.
We have another completed song we are going to finish and release hopefully by the end of the year, and then we get to really start grinding on some new and old ideas in the practice space and the studio to get the desired amount of material for a release.
Dan Gerken, guitar/vocals, Timbre Coup
Timbre Coup brings a little something for everyone in the live setting as well, giving the group room to improvise upon their dynamic compositions, sing both melodic and haunting vocals, all with slick chops from all members, entertaining any crowd with fervor.
Catch Timbre Coup on October 27 at The Hollow, supporting Long Island’s Baked Shrimp.
“Firestorm” lyrics
There was a place
where the water didn’t flow
There was a place
All that matters is what you hold
In spite of it all
it’s a hopeless mess for some
there was a place
I’d like to run
I saw that she left me for dead
and I was freaking out
I knew I should’ve left her instead
But now I’m bleeding out
Description for some
Definition for all
I don’t want to see you
dropping the ball
So carry that weight
a burden reaffirmed
and begin to use
all that you’ve learned
“Firestorm” from Timbre Coup was released on all platforms in Septmeber 2023.
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