Elliott Brood play dark, gritty folk and howling bluegrass music built around whiskey-drenched vocals and lyrics evoking images of love, loss and murder. In their soul-thumping songs, banjo keeps time to a strange and chunky angular stomp, with Kentucky-hardcore acoustic guitar and somber, achingly confessional vocal harmonies.

Since forming in the spring of 2002, Elliott BROOD have sparked a devout following across Canada and in a number of fanatic pockets around the world. Their cherished first release on weewerk -- the six-song EP 'Tin Type' which is housed in a beautifully hand-made miniature album - was discovered with four-star excitement by critics and fans and has now reached the 'indie gold' sales mark in Canada. Songwriters Sasso and Laforet explore the territory of collective myth; 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 the one found in the alt-country number 'The Bridge' - an allusion to the structure in Windsor, Ontario, that gives the album its title - all share the same sense of timelessness.