Tim Kirker

Stepping back into his role as a contributer to the LA-based musical collective 1X4X9, Tim once again brings experimental and free-form guitar explorations to the latest release, "residue."

Once again calling on influences across many genres, we hear Tim weaving in and out even more freely than on the previous 1X4X9 release, "Behind the Tree," bringing waves of complexity and simplicity, less and more, and calm and madness to the songs The Fire is Bright, Residue, Neighbors, Big Trip, and Reunion.

Available digitally and on limited edition vinyl and cassette at BandCamp, and on major streaming services.

Released by Blue Arrow Records
16001 Waterloo Rd. Cleveland, OH 44110

A Los Angeles-based musical collective, coordinated by Tim's former Boy Wonder & Slam Bamboo bandmate Greg Wooten, 1X4X9 explores the collaborative spirit via atmospheric, genre-bending soundscapes.

Tim Kirker contributes guitar (and a bit of guitarchestra!) to Behind the Tree. Calling on influences across the musical universe, Tim plays jazzy, bluesy, rock and moody, applying a unique and innovatine style to the songs Swimming in the Flood, Casa Forte, Tornado, New Book, Letting Go, We're Already There, and Walk into the Wave.

Available digitally and on limited edition vinyl and cassette at BandCamp, and on major streaming services.

Released by Blue Arrow Records (BAR029)
16001 Waterloo Rd. Cleveland, OH 44110

We stood in the shadow of the great bridge, its ancient stone towers sparkling like new in the mid-autumn sun. Years before, in the same physical space, a different reality existed. I turned my head, squinted, did my best to block out the background noise, and I was almost there again. A century-old market, a cobblestone walkway, the arched doorway leading to the battered wooden tables. The missteps of the past erased, we start out on a brand new journey. This time, we will be...

A stylistically diverse collection of songs that explore a wide range of subject matter—reinvention, standing tall, overcoming adversity, lending a helping hand, and recognizing when to step away from the crowd—"This Time" is centered around the idea of acknowledging all the yesterdays, and moving forward to more hopeful tomorrows.

Written, Performed and Produced by Tim Kirker*

*John Papa—Bass: I Would Give You Mine

Recorded at Studio 2, New York

'Things Are Different Now' Lyric Video

'Chip on Your Shoulder' Lyric Video

'Faces in Clouds'

Curse the rear view mirror

A stripmall parking lot outside the club at 3 am
Empty save for a sketchy van
If you stare at it long enough it seems like it might be moving, almost breathing
Or is that the barely perceptible throbbing of the street light
the effect of too many phone calls
or your eyes knowing long before your brain does that it’s time?
A buffalo charges, you run
Those decisions are easy
But the incremental ones don’t hit you like that
Your vision changes, undetected
To let you know
That sometimes you just have to go
Capital G
And to start
it might be as simple as pulling out of that parking lot at 222nd and Lakeshore.

Henry Tenney
Brooklyn NY, 2018

Tim Kirker: Vocals, Electric, Acoustic, Slide and Lap Steel Guitars, Piano, Bass.
Michael Cartellone: Drums, Percussion
Written and Produced by Tim Kirker
Arrangement by Tim Kirker & Michael Cartellone
Recorded at Suite Lorraine Studios, NY

"Like Distant Sounds," Tim Kirker's debut solo release, is a guitar-based, melody-driven, multi-stylistic collection of songs with a fresh perspective on ideas and subjects ranging from self-exploration (Another Side of Me), the search for salvation (That Sacred Place), the futility of regret (Wish I Could) and more. From the hard rocking, defiant “Somebody Just Like Me” to the sad and shimmeringly beautiful “It's Time”, Like Distant Sounds features 12 new songs written and produced by Tim in a fluently painted musical landscape you won't want to miss.

Vocals, Guitars, Bass (track 12)

Michael Cartellone

Drums and percussion

Greg Wooten

Bass (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11)

John Papa

Bass (tracks 2, 6, 8, 9)

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Written and Produced by Tim Kirker
Tim Kirker: Vocals, Guitars, Bass (track 12)
Michael Cartellone: Drums and percussion
Greg Wooten: Bass (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11)
John Papa: Bass (tracks 2, 6, 8, 9)
© 2003 Tim Kirker/Adarya Music (ASCAP)

Recorded at Metrosync Studios, Cleveland, Ohio and
Clutterville Studios, New York

BOTH EYES ON THE ROAD

Curse the rear view mirror

Tim Kirker

Michael Cartellone

Greg Wooten

John Papa

Midnight, The Devil, and You