Product Description

On October 21st, Toronto trio Elliott Brood will release their new album, ''Work And Love'' (Paper Bag Records), the follow-up to ''Days Into Years,'' which won a Juno Award in 2013 for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year. For ''Work And Love, '' Elliott Brood withdrew to a farmhouse in Bath, Ontario where they recorded nine songs in two weeks with producer Ian Blurton (The Weakerthans, Amy Millan)--their first time working with an outside producer. The result is their most personal and urgent album to date, with rock influences that nod as much to Neil Young & Crazy Horse, as much as Richard Buckner and Whiskeytown. Listen to ''Jigsaw Heart'' here on CBC Music. On ''Work And Love,'' Elliott Brood's two songwriters, Casey Laforet and Mark Sasso decided to mine the bare histories of their own lives; Penning verses about the ends of relationships and the tests of adulthood, long drives, childhood retreating in a rear-view mirror. ''Work And Love'' also serves as a eulogy for the moments on the doorstep of manhood: first loves, lost loves, and young men's just desserts. Select tracks on the album feature Aaron Goldstein (City and Colour) on pedal steel and John Dinsmore (Kathleen Edwards, Sarah Harner0 on bass. ''Work And Love'' is Elliott Brood at their sheerest, facing forward and backward at the same time.

Review

''Mark Sasso's expressive lead vocals convey the anguish and desperation of the characters they sing about while the instrumental work of Stephen Pitkin on drums and percussion, and Casey Laforet's inventive contributions on lead guitar, bass pedals and keyboards, provide subtle, cinematic coloring to the tunes.'' ----All Music Guide

''They already had the style, but with this bold step Elliott Brood now have the songs.'' ----Q Magazine