Mountain Meadows (album)
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Mountain Meadows is the title of the second full length album released by the Canadian alternative country
band Elliott Brood
, released June 24, 2008 on Six Shooter Records
. Its title is a reference to the Mountain Meadows massacre
.
The album was shortlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize
.
Alternative country
Alternative country is a loosely defined sub-genre of country music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream or pop country music...
band Elliott Brood
Elliott Brood
Elliott BROOD is a three-piece, alt-country band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, consisting of Mark Sasso on lead vocals, guitar, banjo, ukulele, and harmonica, Casey Laforet on guitar, backing vocals, bass pedals, keys and ukulele and Stephen Pitkin on percussion, sampler and backing vocals...
, released June 24, 2008 on Six Shooter Records
Six Shooter Records
Six Shooter Records is an independent record label, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The music label was founded by Shauna de Cartier in 2000. Artists who have released material on the label include Jenn Grant, Amelia Curran, Elliott Brood, Luke Doucet, Christine Fellows, Ford Pier, Captain...
. Its title is a reference to the Mountain Meadows massacre
Mountain Meadows massacre
The Mountain Meadows massacre was a series of attacks on the Baker–Fancher emigrant wagon train, at Mountain Meadows in southern Utah. The attacks culminated on September 11, 1857 in the mass slaughter of the emigrant party by the Iron County district of the Utah Territorial Militia and some local...
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The album was shortlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize
2009 Polaris Music Prize
The 2009 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 21, 2009 in Toronto at the Masonic Temple and broadcast live online for the first time in its short history...
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Track listing
- "Fingers and Tongues"
- "T-Bill"
- "Write it All Down for You"
- "Without Again"
- "Garden River"
- "The Valley Town"
- "Notes"
- "Woodward Ave."
- "31 Years"
- "The Spring Floods (Interlude)"
- "Chuckwagon"
- "The Body"
- "Miss You Now"