weewerk release 003: Tin Type
Elliott BROOD call their music Death Country - dark, gritty folk music built around whiskey-drenched vocals and lyrics evoking images of love, loss and murder. In their soul-thumping bluegrass songs, banjo keeps time to a strange and chunky angular stomp, with vicious Kentucky-hardcore acoustic guitar and somber, achingly confessional vocal harmonies.
The Toronto-based trio's six-song debut EP Tin Type is resembles an old-time photo album. Order it now from weewerk if you're a fan of The Handsome Family, Johnny Dowd, Jon-Rae and the River, or The FemBots.
Elliott BROOD are
Casey Laforet : guitar, words, keys
Mark Sasso : banjo, guitar, words
Stephen Pitkin : suitcases and other percussion
release on Six Shooter Records: Ambassador
weewerk is pleased to announce that Elliott BROOD has signed a two-record worldwide deal with independent Toronto-based roots label Six Shooter Records.
Since forming in the spring of 2002, Elliott BROOD have sparked a devout following across Canada and in fanatic pockets around the world. Their uplifting, raucous alt-rock music has been christened Blackgrass and Death Country, monikers that reflect the bandŐs blend of folk traditions and modern grit. Their busy touring schedule included a triumphant 2004 Canadian trip highlighted by Dawson City, Victoria Folk and Halifax Pop festivals. Memorable performances at CMW and NXNE cemented the bandŐs reputation for an intense, energetic and danceable live show.The trio's cherished first release, the six-song hand-made EP Tin Type, was released by weewerk in January 2004.
Six Shooter Records has released the trio's first full-length album, entitled Ambassador. With this release (4 October 2005 in Canada, followed by 14 February 2006 in the USA, Spring 2006 in Europe), Elliott BROOD is poised to light up whole new crowds. Ambassador shows the band even more viciously driven than in the debut EP. Throughout the album, edgy vocals, Mark Sasso's banjo and Casey Laforet's frenzied guitar are impelled by snare drum and suitcases beaten by Stephen Pitkin. Songwriters Sasso and Laforet continue to prefer the territory of collective myth to maudlin personal stories, and Ambassador is rife with elegies to historical and legendary figures: the ode to "Jackson," the heavy "Wolfgang" and "Second Son," the sad "My Friend." Even contemporary references such as found in the alt-country number "The Bridge" - an allusion to the structure in Windsor (Ontario) that gives the album its title - all share the same sense of timelessness.
Six Shooter Records: www.sixshooterrecords.com
Elliott Brood Press Page: here
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