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 — 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.