Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Purchasable with gift card
€9.99EUR or more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
NOTE: Final products might differ from mockups!
Rocky Votolato - Wild Roots LP
With his first release since 2015, Seattle based Indie-folk hero Rocky Votolato returns with Wild Roots, an intimate concept album inspired by and written for his family. Each song a letter dedicated to a specific family member and focused on a special memory or moment in time. After losing his child in December of 2021 in a tragic car accident, the entire album, and especially the song “Becoming Human”, now a posthumous love letter, takes on an even deeper while devastatingly bittersweet meaning.
The production on Wild Roots is hushed, handcrafted, and warm — an intimate and
personal experience that brings the nature of Votolato’s storytelling to life in very
authentic and genuine ways. Produced, engineered, and mixed by Votolato himself, therecord is a deliberate construction of his conceptual vision and new phase of his
recording career. Additionally, the record features a stellar cast of renowned musicianswhose contributions perfectly compliment the delicate nature of these songs — AbbyGundersen (William Fitzsimmons) on piano, string arrangements, and vocal harmonies,James McAllister (Sufjan Stevens, The National) on drums and percussion, PhilWandscher (Whiskeytown, Jesse Skyes and the Sweet Hereafter) on electric guitar,and Marcel Gein (Perry O’Parson) on electric guitar.
In many ways, Wild Roots is not only a break in silence for Votolato, but the opening of
a new chapter — one that feels laser focused on what really matters in life. Whether discovering Votolato for the first time or adding another record to yourcollection, Wild Roots resonates on the most simple and important human levels — a sharing of experience that encourages us to keep believing in ourselves and in the magic of this life, no matter how harsh and difficult it can be.
Colors:
Texas Sky (pink with blue marble) - LTD. to 150 (TSR Exclusive)
Skyblue (clear with blue marble) - LTD. to 200 (TSR Exclusive)
Ash (white with black marble) - LTD. to 400
Midnight (black) - LTD. to 200
Wild Lupine (white with red marble) - LTD. to 100 (Green Hell Records Exclusive)
Clear Sky (white with blue marble) - LTD. to 200 (Bundle Only - TSR Exclusive)
- LP on heavy colored 180 gram vinyl
- Heavy deluxe sleeve
- Insert with lyrics
- Comes with download code
Wild Roots track listing:
1. Evergreen
2. 23 Stiches
3. Glory
4. There Is A Light
5. x1998x
6. Becoming Human
7. Breakwater
8. Little Black Diamon
9. Archangels of Tornados
10. The Great Pontificator
11. The Wildest Horses
12. Little Lupine
13. Bella Rose
14. Southpaw
15. Texas Scorpion
Note:
Possible taxes are added at check out.
Catalog No. Thirty 042
Includes unlimited streaming of Wild Roots
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
...more
ships out within 5 days
edition of 200
Purchasable with gift card
€20EURor more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A PRE-ORDER ITEM. ALL ITEMS ORDERED ALONG WITH THIS ITEM WILL BE SHIPPED SEPTEMBER 2022!
NOTE: Final products might differ from mockups!
Rocky Votolato - Wild Roots LP
With his first release since 2015, Seattle based Indie-folk hero Rocky Votolato returns with Wild Roots, an intimate concept album inspired by and written for his family. Each song a letter dedicated to a specific family member and focused on a special memory or moment in time. After losing his child in December of 2021 in a tragic car accident, the entire album, and especially the song “Becoming Human”, now a posthumous love letter, takes on an even deeper while devastatingly bittersweet meaning.
The production on Wild Roots is hushed, handcrafted, and warm — an intimate and
personal experience that brings the nature of Votolato’s storytelling to life in very
authentic and genuine ways. Produced, engineered, and mixed by Votolato himself, therecord is a deliberate construction of his conceptual vision and new phase of his
recording career. Additionally, the record features a stellar cast of renowned musicianswhose contributions perfectly compliment the delicate nature of these songs — AbbyGundersen (William Fitzsimmons) on piano, string arrangements, and vocal harmonies,James McAllister (Sufjan Stevens, The National) on drums and percussion, PhilWandscher (Whiskeytown, Jesse Skyes and the Sweet Hereafter) on electric guitar,and Marcel Gein (Perry O’Parson) on electric guitar.
In many ways, Wild Roots is not only a break in silence for Votolato, but the opening of
a new chapter — one that feels laser focused on what really matters in life. Whether discovering Votolato for the first time or adding another record to yourcollection, Wild Roots resonates on the most simple and important human levels — a sharing of experience that encourages us to keep believing in ourselves and in the magic of this life, no matter how harsh and difficult it can be.
Colors:
Clear Sky (white with blue marble) - LTD. to 150 (TSR Exclusive)
- LP on heavy colored 180 gram vinyl
- Embossed Heavy Deluxe Sleeve
- Ltd. Art Print
- Insert with lyrics
- Pack of Wild Flower Seeds
- Comes with download code
Wild Roots track listing:
1. Evergreen
2. 23 Stiches
3. Glory
4. There Is A Light
5. x1998x
6. Becoming Human
7. Breakwater
8. Little Black Diamon
9. Archangels of Tornados
10. The Great Pontificator
11. The Wildest Horses
12. Little Lupine
13. Bella Rose
14. Southpaw
15. Texas Scorpion
Note:
Possible taxes are added at check out.
Catalog No. Thirty 042
Includes unlimited streaming of Wild Roots
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
...more
ships out within 5 days
edition of 150
Purchasable with gift card
€25EURor more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A PRE-ORDER ITEM. ALL ITEMS ORDERED ALONG WITH THIS ITEM WILL BE SHIPPED SEPTEMBER 2022!
NOTE: Final products might differ from mockups!
Rocky Votolato - Wild Roots LP
With his first release since 2015, Seattle based Indie-folk hero Rocky Votolato returns with Wild Roots, an intimate concept album inspired by and written for his family. Each song a letter dedicated to a specific family member and focused on a special memory or moment in time. After losing his child in December of 2021 in a tragic car accident, the entire album, and especially the song “Becoming Human”, now a posthumous love letter, takes on an even deeper while devastatingly bittersweet meaning.
The production on Wild Roots is hushed, handcrafted, and warm — an intimate and
personal experience that brings the nature of Votolato’s storytelling to life in very
authentic and genuine ways. Produced, engineered, and mixed by Votolato himself, therecord is a deliberate construction of his conceptual vision and new phase of his
recording career. Additionally, the record features a stellar cast of renowned musicianswhose contributions perfectly compliment the delicate nature of these songs — AbbyGundersen (William Fitzsimmons) on piano, string arrangements, and vocal harmonies,James McAllister (Sufjan Stevens, The National) on drums and percussion, PhilWandscher (Whiskeytown, Jesse Skyes and the Sweet Hereafter) on electric guitar,and Marcel Gein (Perry O’Parson) on electric guitar.
In many ways, Wild Roots is not only a break in silence for Votolato, but the opening of
a new chapter — one that feels laser focused on what really matters in life. Whether discovering Votolato for the first time or adding another record to yourcollection, Wild Roots resonates on the most simple and important human levels — a sharing of experience that encourages us to keep believing in ourselves and in the magic of this life, no matter how harsh and difficult it can be.
Colors:
Clear Sky (white with blue marble) - LTD. to 50 (TSR Exclusive)
- LP on heavy colored 180 gram vinyl
- Embossed Heavy Deluxe Sleeve
- Ltd. SIGNED Art Print
- Insert with lyrics
- Pack of Wild Flower Seeds
- Mini Wild Bee Hotel
- Comes with download code
Wild Roots track listing:
1. Evergreen
2. 23 Stiches
3. Glory
4. There Is A Light
5. x1998x
6. Becoming Human
7. Breakwater
8. Little Black Diamon
9. Archangels of Tornados
10. The Great Pontificator
11. The Wildest Horses
12. Little Lupine
13. Bella Rose
14. Southpaw
15. Texas Scorpion
Note:
Possible taxes are added at check out.
Catalog No. Thirty 042
Includes unlimited streaming of Wild Roots
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
...more
ships out within 5 days
edition of 50
Purchasable with gift card
€35EURor more
Cassette + Digital Album
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A PRE-ORDER ITEM. ALL ITEMS ORDERED ALONG WITH THIS ITEM WILL BE SHIPPED SEPTEMBER 2022!
NOTE: Final products might differ from mockups!
Rocky Votolato - Wild Roots LP
With his first release since 2015, Seattle based Indie-folk hero Rocky Votolato returns with Wild Roots, an intimate concept album inspired by and written for his family. Each song a letter dedicated to a specific family member and focused on a special memory or moment in time. After losing his child in December of 2021 in a tragic car accident, the entire album, and especially the song “Becoming Human”, now a posthumous love letter, takes on an even deeper while devastatingly bittersweet meaning.
The production on Wild Roots is hushed, handcrafted, and warm — an intimate and
personal experience that brings the nature of Votolato’s storytelling to life in very
authentic and genuine ways. Produced, engineered, and mixed by Votolato himself, therecord is a deliberate construction of his conceptual vision and new phase of his
recording career. Additionally, the record features a stellar cast of renowned musicianswhose contributions perfectly compliment the delicate nature of these songs — AbbyGundersen (William Fitzsimmons) on piano, string arrangements, and vocal harmonies,James McAllister (Sufjan Stevens, The National) on drums and percussion, PhilWandscher (Whiskeytown, Jesse Skyes and the Sweet Hereafter) on electric guitar,and Marcel Gein (Perry O’Parson) on electric guitar.
In many ways, Wild Roots is not only a break in silence for Votolato, but the opening of
a new chapter — one that feels laser focused on what really matters in life. Whether discovering Votolato for the first time or adding another record to yourcollection, Wild Roots resonates on the most simple and important human levels — a sharing of experience that encourages us to keep believing in ourselves and in the magic of this life, no matter how harsh and difficult it can be.
Cassette Tape ltd. to 70
- Heavy deluxe sleeve
- Insert with lyrics
- Pack of wild flower seeds
- Comes with download code
Wild Roots track listing:
1. Evergreen
2. 23 Stiches
3. Glory
4. There Is A Light
5. x1998x
6. Becoming Human
7. Breakwater
8. Little Black Diamon
9. Archangels of Tornados
10. The Great Pontificator
11. The Wildest Horses
12. Little Lupine
13. Bella Rose
14. Southpaw
15. Texas Scorpion
Note:
Possible taxes are added at check out.
Catalog No. Thirty 042
Includes unlimited streaming of Wild Roots
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
...more
Evergreen
Caught by the moon
In silver strings that helped you to
Surrender to the truth
of a strength and courage you never knew was
Hiding somewhere deep inside
Waiting for the moment you realize
In a flash it’s given and we will know why
Someone turned out the lights
on a desolation night
In your eyes all the flowers are laughing
From your clouds all your sorrows fall like rain
The fields come alive when your silence sings
and seeds of hope spring eternally
I just wanted to let you know how much you mean to me
May you walk in grace forever my evergreen
Cherry Blossoms wait
to take the stage, the seasons change
The fragile threads of faith
Dealt with in such violent ways
Blue bracelet under your scars
Wrapped around your right wrist a reminder
Kindness in your heart
You will be delivered from trumpets of rage
Grief celebrates as we dance on a stage
of desolation days
In your eyes all the flowers are laughing
From your clouds all your sorrows fall like rain
the fields come alive when your silence sings
and seeds of hope spring eternally
The ways we walk in this valley
All the shadows and flowers surround me
The fields come alive when your silence sings
and seeds of hope spring eternally
I just wanted to let you know how much you mean to me
May you walk in grace forever my evergreen
With his first release since 2015, Seattle based Indie-folk hero Rocky Votolato returns with Wild Roots, an intimate concept album inspired by and written for his family. Each song a letter dedicated to a specific family member and focused on a special memory or moment in time. After losing his child in December of 2021 in a tragic car accident, the entire album, and especially the song “Becoming Human”, now a posthumous love letter, takes on an even deeper while devastatingly bittersweet meaning.
The production on Wild Roots is hushed, handcrafted, and warm — an intimate and personal experience that brings the nature of Votolato’s storytelling to life in very authentic and genuine ways. Produced, engineered, and mixed by Votolato himself, the record is a deliberate construction of his conceptual vision and new phase of his recording career. Additionally, the record features a stellar cast of renowned musicians whose contributions perfectly compliment the delicate nature of these songs — Abby Gundersen (William Fitzsimmons) on piano, string arrangements, and vocal harmonies, James McAllister (Sufjan Stevens, The National) on drums and percussion, Phil Wandscher (Whiskeytown, Jesse Skyes and the Sweet Hereafter) on electric guitar, and Marcel Gein (Perry O’Parson) on electric guitar.
In many ways, Wild Roots is not only a break in silence for Votolato, but the opening of a new chapter — one that feels laser focused on what really matters in life. Whether discovering Votolato for the first time or adding another record to your collection, Wild Roots resonates on the most simple and important human levels — a sharing of experience that encourages us to keep believing in ourselves and in the magic of this life, no matter how harsh and difficult it can be.
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