Scattered Trees
Scattered Trees
W/ The Alternate Routes
The Satellite Los Angeles, CA
Wed, August 3, 2011 8:30 PM
$8.00
21 and Over
For Scattered Trees, Sympathy is a labor of love that almost didn’t happen. The band grew up together in the outskirts of Chicago, playing music together in various groups over the years. They became a family in more ways than one, with some of the members sharing last names -albeit for different reasons. Scattered Trees became a staple of Chicago clubs, but as time passed, the band’s members were drawn to various parts of the country. Scattered Trees as a band looked all but over. And then, tragedy struck. Lead singer Nate Eiesland’s father passed away, and while mourning, Nate picked up his guitar again and started penning a record dedicated to his memory. Those songs became Sympathy.
The album is a focused, deeply personal collection of songs that finds Scattered Trees experimenting with lush multi-part harmonies, constructing dynamic builds, and exploring the intricacies of love and loss. Opening with “Bury the Floors,” Nate sings “It’s the house that I built you to fall / We started to walk then we stood up to crawl / So bury the floors and burn down the walls / to find ourselves by morning.” Driving rock epics like “Four Days Straight” rub shoulders with melancholic elegies like “Where You Came From.” The album’s title track starts with a stripped-down plaintive mandolin, ultimately fading into a slow-burning orchestral groove. Melting into “Five Minutes,” Scattered Trees continues the build until the track bursts forth. The band rounds out the record with the mournful acoustic closer “On Your Side,” a fitting tribute for a deeply heartfelt and therapeutic album
TOUR DATES:
July 31, 2011
DOUG FIR LOUNGE
w/ The Alternate Routes
Portland, OR
August 2, 2011
RICKSHAW STOP
w/ The Alternate Routes
San Francisco, CA
August 3, 2011
SATELLITE CLUB
w/ The Alternate Routes
Los Angeles, CA
August 5, 2011
CASBAH
w/ The Alternate Routes
San Diego, CA
August 6, 2011
CLUB CONGRESS
w/ The Alternate Routes
Tucson, AZ
August 8, 2011
LAMBERT’S
Austin, TX
August 9, 2011
THE PROPHET BAR
w/ The Alternate Routes
Dallas, TX
August 12, 2011
SMITH’S OLDE BAR
w/ The Kicks & The Alternate Routes
Atlanta, GA
August 13, 2011
LOCAL 506
w/ The Alternate Routes & Paul Dempsey
Chapel Hill, NC
August 14, 2011
THE RED PALACE
w/ The Alternate Routes & Paul Dempsey
Washington, DC
August 15, 2011
KUNGFU NECKTIE
w/ The Alternate Routes & Paul Dempsey
Philadelphia, PA
August 17, 2011
BROOKLYN BOWL
w/ The Alternate Routes & Paul Dempsey
Brooklyn, NY
August 18, 2011
BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL
w/ Paul Dempsey
Boston, MA
August 19, 2011
CASA DEL POPOLO
w/ The Alternate Routes & Paul Dempsey
Montreal, QC
August 20, 2011
THE DRAKE HOTEL
w/ The Alternate Routes & Paul Dempsey
Toronto, ON
August 21, 2011
BEACHLAND BALLROOM
w/ The Alternate Routes
Cleveland, OH
September 22, 2011
PYGMALION MUSIC FESTIVAL
Champaign, IL
September 23, 2011
MIDPOINT MUSIC FESTIVAL
Cincinnati, OH
LINKS:
http://www.districtlines.com/Scattered-Trees
http://www.facebook.com/scatteredtrees
http://myspace.com/scatteredtreesmusic
http://vimeo.com/scatteredtrees
http://www.youtube.com/Scatteredtrees
http://twitter.com/scatteredtrees
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