Photo by Nate Burrell
SHIVERING TIMBERS
Saturday, February 16, 2013
MOTR Pub, 1345 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati, Ohio; 513-381-6687
free, ages 21-up, 10pm
www.motrpub.com
Shivering Timbers has a unique story, beginning with first being discovered by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach when married couple/band leaders Sarah and Jayson Benn played at Auerbach’s birthday party, songs they’d written for their infant daughter. Their first album was subsequently recorded at Auerbach’s studio, a collection of home-spun dark folk songs and fractured fairy tales.
One year later The Benns met and hit it off with Brian Olive (Greenhornes, Dr. John), while on tour. Pretty soon the band was at his studio recording their second album, “Sing Sing”, a much more accomplished and heavier album. Now the band has embarked on touring the US in an economic vehicle with their 5-year-old daughter in tow.
“Utilizing disparate elements like scorching Indie Rock, rough cut Blues, raw Punk, sprightly Pop, tent revival Gospel and dark Folk, Shivering Timbers has crafted a sound that is both hauntingly appealing and a raucous bitch slap.” – Cincinnati City Beat
Sarah is a captivating singer — part P.J. Harvey, part Patsy Cline, while the nuanced howl of Jayson’s guitar work is the perfect mate to her sultry vocals. What’s more difficult to describe is the mood they create, which can, at times, entrance and haunt the audience, while in the next breath, invite them into a whimsical, foot-stomping play land.
Shivering Timbers has toured with or been direct support for Kenny Loggins, Shovels & Rope, Jessica Lea Mayfield, The Chapin Sisters, Tav Falco, Frontier Ruckus, O’Death, David Wax Museum, and many more great bands…
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