Background
Gilbertson was born in Hinton, later living in Edmonton, Alberta, Gilbertson comes from a musical family, with mother playing piano and father playing guitar.
Gilbertson was born in Hinton, later living in Edmonton, Alberta, Gilbertson comes from a musical family, with mother playing piano and father playing guitar.
He plays guitar, bass guitar, and piano. His musical influences include The Weakerthans and Modest Mouse. Tim Gilbertson is the youngest of the children, and the only one not to have received formal music training.
One brother, Eric, is a drummer and the other, David, is a rhythm guitarist.
Gilbertson earned a Master"s degree in Geology and Geophysics from the University of Alberta, and runs a media production company Paper Tiger Media The debut Tim Gilbertson was released on People’s Echo Records in 2007. Produced and engineered by Andrew Shaw, the album was recorded in Burnaby, British Columbia, in July–August 2006.
Gilbertson"s brother Eric played drums for the album. The critical reception was generally positive, with Exclaim! The Edmonton Journal"s critic called the track "Palm Trees and Postcards" one of her top five favourite songs of 2007.
His second album,, was released on People’s Echo in 2010.
lieutenant was recorded in Edmonton. The lead single is "Chipped Teeth".