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Elliott Brood is a three-piece alternative country band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, consisting of Mark Sasso on lead vocals, guitar, banjo, ukelele and harmonica, Casey Laforet on guitar, backing vocals, bass pedals, keys and ukelele and Stephen Pitkin on percussion, sampler and backing vocals. The band bills its own style as “death country”.

Members Mark Sasso and Casey Laforet grew up together in Windsor, and began playing as a band after moving to Toronto following high school. They played their first show in 2002 with two other musicians at Toronto club Holy Joes, although Sasso and Laforet have disagreed in the press about whether that show was played under the name Token Hillbillies or Mark Sasso and the Sassettes.

Although the two other musicians dropped out of the band’s lineup after only a few shows, Sasso and Laforet continued as a duo, hooking up with producer Stephen Pitkin to record their first EP, Tin Type. Tin Type was recorded over two days in Mark Sasso’s living room. The band called the recording space “The Orange Room” because it was painted orange.

The EP was released in January 2004 by weewerk Records, and came packaged in a brown paper bag containing a handmade photobook done in the style of the American Old West.

Pitkin recorded and co-produced Tin Type, but did not officially become a band member until the band released its first LP, Ambassador, on Six Shooter Records in 2005.

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1	Write it All Down For You full track	287
2	The Valley Town	93
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6	Miss You Now	74
7	Garden River	71
8	Notes	68
9	31 Years	61
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muteoff wrote:
Tuesday evening

Really enticing sound. Liking Mountain Meadows a lot.

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pauseplayrecord wrote:
Monday evening

"Miss You Now" is a ridiculously catchy song. Well done lads. Caught the Q appearance awhile ago, and the version from that show blew me away. Continued success!

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secretpassage wrote:
16 days ago

bitter tea, bitter tune, bitter you

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Kenny_Fever wrote:
August 2009

Saw them at the Peterborough Folk Festival, and they blew me away. Fantastic group.

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spilled_milk wrote:
July 2009

death country indeed.

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Drone_bitch wrote:
May 2009

This is just GREAT!

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DeppyLegs wrote:
April 2009

Pure love. This is the kind of stuff we need right now.

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peaceablezealot wrote:
March 2009

I just discovered Elliott Brood. ohmigoodness. I might poop in my pants.

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SkyBlue20 wrote:
February 2009

I love there music video for "Oh, Alberta" It will be great to see them live at the Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival this summer!

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gingertosser wrote:
January 2009

fantastic rawk n rollers, love them

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phantompabulum wrote:
January 2009

true death country

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Magnificent_M wrote:
January 2009

Saw the band live in Bilbao (Basque Country) last fall and they were really cool. The did a cool version of Neil Young's "Powderfinger" as well as lots of their own great material. They were also very nice guys to hang out with. I swapped a CD with them and have given "Ambassador" quite a few spins since then - a good album! Thumbs up to Elliott Brood!

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aucuneslimites wrote:
December 2008

yes yes yes yes Y E S

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Plasticities_ wrote:
December 2008

:______

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mbaskin wrote:
November 2008

"accidentally caught" you at the Canmore Hotel they other night. superb!

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calsimon wrote:
October 2008

if you listen carefully you can hear me listening to elliot brood.

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DeppyLegs wrote:
October 2008

Edge of Town <3

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altissima wrote:
October 2008

adore you guys. miss accidentally catching your x-canadian shows.

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GoodCatGoneBad wrote:
September 2008

amazing.

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GG_NextMatt wrote:
September 2008

The new album is RIDICULOUSLY GREAT!

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