Let me preface this with the statement:
I really don’t like country. (With the notable exception of the 1996 Ween Album: “Twelve Golden Country Greats”)
But... I dig Elliott Brood, a pretty new deathcountry trio. I really, really, like their sound. The trio is made up of a banjo, guitar and drummer (which according to wikipedia, uses a plastic suitcase in lieu of a bass drum (fuck yeah!)) and the vocals often have bit of retro reverb hollow sound to them. The guys voice is fucking amazing too… something just enough different to keep your attention without being unlistenable at all.
I found out about him on XM radio with his song “Oh Alberta!” (this guys a Canadian… we won't hold that against him), a really catchy poprockcountryfolk song about the provinces. It kinda reminded me of a school house rocks song or something from my childhood. But I loved it anyway.
So Mau got me his first full length. “Ambassador” I admit that I don’t love the entire album but a few of the songs have made it on my daily listening list.
Check out President (35), Wolfgang and Second Son at first. Then you can deny being a country fan too.
His website has five vidoes on it (including Second Son) and there is a link off the homepage to http://radio3.cbc.ca/ where have five live recordings. So far they are pretty nice. Check him out and let me know there is nothing wrong with being a little bit country.
