New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Girlie Action Media & Marketing) "Scattered Trees music is the perfect accompaniment to spring. Even the crew's more introspective tracks sound as if they were recorded in the warming heat of the late-afternoon sun, frontman Nate Eiesland casually delivering his words between sips of lemonade from a porch swing."
- The
Chicago Tribune
"...recalls
Jeff Tweedy and Dean Wareham sharing a taxi in the wee small hours."
- My Old Kentucky Blog
"There's a lot of hope in this music, and we've got a lot of hope for this band's upcoming full-length, Sympathy, this spring."
- RCRD LBL
On April 5th, Chicago's Scattered Trees will release their full-length record, Sympathy, via Roll Call Records/EMI. 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.
The band will be playing a series of dates leading up to the release of their album, as well as shows at SXSW. Check out their dates below:
Scattered Trees Upcoming Tour Dates:
2/26 - New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall
3/3 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas
3/5 - Minneaoplis, MN @ Cause
3/18 - Austin, TX @ The Ghost Room (Musebox SXSW Day Party)
as 3/5 - Minneaoplis, MN @ Cause 3/18 - Austin, TX @ The Ghost Room (Musebox SXSW Day Party)
