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Imagine the early Palace Brothers playing with My Morning Jacket's chops and you start to get an idea of what to expect from Canadian three-piece Elliott Brood. Playing what they like to describe as "death country," Elliott Brood are, like Palace, obsessed with the dark corners of this life -- alcohol, violence, busted love affairs, family strife, the sadder burdens of history -- but what sometimes seemed like a dramatic affectation coming from Will Oldham sounds like a harsh but honest vision of the world as seen by lyricist and lead singer Mark Sasso. Sasso and his compatriots Casey Laforet and Steve Pitkin are able to conjure up a sound that references the past without being bound to it, as the washes of electronic and found noises mingle with their acoustic guitars and banjos in a manner that's at once spare and full-bodied. And for all the brooding and sadness in Elliott Brood's music, Ambassador is an album that offers a glimmer of hope over the horizon, or at least the promise of redemption; this band isn't marketing gloom for its own sake, but offering its own take on a world where the light must struggle very hard to shine. Elliott Brood's first full-length album is an impressive achievement, and certainly one of the most striking debuts of 2005.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Elliott BROOD, Producer, MainArtist - Mark Sasso, Composer - Town of Machine Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc. (P) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc.
Elliott BROOD, Producer, MainArtist - Mark Sasso, Composer - Town of Machine Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc. (P) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc.
Elliott BROOD, Producer, MainArtist - Mark Sasso, Composer - Town of Machine Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc. (P) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc.
Elliott BROOD, Producer, MainArtist - Mark Sasso, Composer - Town of Machine Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc. (P) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc.
Elliott BROOD, Producer, MainArtist - Mark Sasso, Composer - Town of Machine Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc. (P) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc.
Elliott BROOD, Producer, MainArtist - Mark Sasso, Composer - Town of Machine Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc. (P) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc.
Elliott BROOD, Producer, MainArtist - Mark Sasso, Composer - Town of Machine Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc. (P) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc.
Elliott BROOD, Producer, MainArtist - Mark Sasso, Composer - Town of Machine Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc. (P) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc.
Elliott BROOD, Producer, MainArtist - Mark Sasso, Composer - Town of Machine Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc. (P) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc.
Elliott BROOD, Producer, MainArtist - Casey Laforet, Composer - Town of Machine Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc. (P) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc.
Elliott BROOD, Producer, MainArtist - Mark Sasso, Composer - Town of Machine Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc. (P) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc.
Elliott BROOD, Producer, MainArtist - Mark Sasso, Composer - Town of Machine Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc. (P) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc.
Album review
Imagine the early Palace Brothers playing with My Morning Jacket's chops and you start to get an idea of what to expect from Canadian three-piece Elliott Brood. Playing what they like to describe as "death country," Elliott Brood are, like Palace, obsessed with the dark corners of this life -- alcohol, violence, busted love affairs, family strife, the sadder burdens of history -- but what sometimes seemed like a dramatic affectation coming from Will Oldham sounds like a harsh but honest vision of the world as seen by lyricist and lead singer Mark Sasso. Sasso and his compatriots Casey Laforet and Steve Pitkin are able to conjure up a sound that references the past without being bound to it, as the washes of electronic and found noises mingle with their acoustic guitars and banjos in a manner that's at once spare and full-bodied. And for all the brooding and sadness in Elliott Brood's music, Ambassador is an album that offers a glimmer of hope over the horizon, or at least the promise of redemption; this band isn't marketing gloom for its own sake, but offering its own take on a world where the light must struggle very hard to shine. Elliott Brood's first full-length album is an impressive achievement, and certainly one of the most striking debuts of 2005.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:22
- Main artists: Elliott BROOD
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Six Shooter Records Inc.
- Genre: Folk
(C) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc. (P) 2005 Six Shooter Records Inc.
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