Since 2011, Black River Bell (aka Sydney singer-songwriter Timothy Bray) has been writing dark folk songs that explore the mystery and melancholy of love, loneliness and the indefinable strangeness of the human condition.

His songs cover a wide range of subjects including: the tale of the spirit of a boy trapped in limbo, impending apocalypse, the Salem witch trials, wayward friends, a breakup and a wedding. Now he is about to release his debut single The Blackbirds a haunting ballad, which blurs the lines between folk, dream pop and classical minimalism.

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