Nashville's Elliot Root Premieres 'Lost Man Running' via PopMatters

By: Caryn Robbins Jul. 27, 2017

In anticipation of Conjure, the debut full-length record from up and coming Nashville band Elliot Root (out August 25 on E.R. Recordings/Thirty Tigers), PopMatters is premiering the track "Lost Man Running," raving that "'Lost Man Running' is the group's brand new memorable single that highlights Elliot Root's mastery of dynamics as the song goes from quiet, introspective moments to soaring, harmony-driven heights." Stream/share the track http://bit.ly/2u1TNGK.

This fall Elliot Root will embark on a U.S. tour with Rainbow Kitten Surprise, kicking off on October 1in Memphis; see below for a list of confirmed dates.

Most recently, the track "Wicked Lies" was featured on Spotify's New Music Friday playlist and iTunes'New Artist Spotlight. Also, mxdwn premiered the video for the track "10,000," hailing the clip as "haunting" and praising frontman Scott Krueger's "soulful" vocals. The first track released off ofConjure, "10,000" was featured by Spotify upon release, where it quickly received over 400,000 listens. Watch the video at http://bit.ly/2sitkUA and share it at http://vevo.ly/35Qr9L.

Co-produced by the band's own Melissa Mattey and Krueger alongside Tony High at Nashville's Blackbird Studios and Width Music, Conjure follows the group's Thoughts From Yesterday and II EPs. Elliot Root features Krueger (vocals, guitars), Mattey (keyboards, drum programming), Sean Truskowski(drums) and Todd Bond (guitars).

Writing and recording the album over the course of a year, the band worked out their material at Mattey and High's own Width Music Studio before moving to Blackbird Studios to lay down the tracks. "We would usually start the days off with an idea or two and spend the rest of the day experimenting and letting each idea unfold," explains frontman Krueger. "I don't think we had any sort of preconceived notion as to what we wanted things to sound like, our main goal was to really just get out of our own way and do whatever felt natural at the moment. Eventually we could see a common thread start to run through everything we were writing."

Krueger goes on to note, "Our writers, producers, engineers and mixing engineer are members of the band or live sound team, so the collaboration on the record was really closely knit with almost no outside influence. With the exception of mastering the entire record was created internally."

Releasing their first two EPs in 2015, Elliot Root has quickly gained attention in their hometown of Nashville with the track "Punks and Poets" topping Spotify's "Sounds of Nashville" Top 100 chart and reaching Spotify's U.S. Viral 50 Chart. No Country For New Nashville called the band "loud [and] full of energy...wonderfully electrifying." The band has performed alongside X Ambassadors, Lord Huron, the Zac Brown Band, Michael Franti & Spearhead and more.

CONJURE TRACK LIST

1. Suddenly Everything
2. Conjure
3. Take Your Money
4. Lost Man Running
5. Wicked Lies
6. 10,000
7. End Of Our Faults
8. Barcode
9. Hold On
10. Like The Sun
11. Stay
12. Dissipate
13. Tomorrow

ELLIOT ROOT LIVE
* with Rainbow Kitten Surprise

August 1 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
August 2 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery
August 11 Boulder, CO Non-Comm Radio Summit
August 25 Clinton, MS Red Brick Roads Street Festival
September 2 Nashville, TN Live on the Green
September 16 Bristol, TN Bristol Rhythm & Roots Festival
September 29 Aspen, CO Wheeler Opera House
October 1 Memphis, TN 1884 Lounge*
October 2 Jackson, MS Duling Hall*
October 4 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre*
October 5 New Orleans, LA Tipitina's Uptown*
October 10 Tulsa, OK The Vanguard*
October 11 Lawrence, KS Granada Theatre*
October 12 Columbia, MO Blue Note*
October 17 Pensacola, FL Vinyl Music Hall*
October 19 Tuscaloosa, AL Druid City Music Hall*
October 20 Knoxville, TN The Concourse at the International*

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