ELLIOTT BROOD (SixShooterRecords) Canada 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 bands 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 bands 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. Now Six Shooter Records is set to release the trio's first full-length album, entitled Ambassador. With this release, scheduled for 4 October 2005 in Canada (followed in early 2006 by U.S.- and European releases), 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 Sassos banjo and Casey Laforets 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 Detroit / Windsor that gives the album its title all share the same sense of timelessness www.elliottbrood.ca