# Indie-Folk Hero ROCKY VOTOLATO Releasing ‘Wild Roots’ on September 9th

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/indie-folk-hero-rocky-votolato-releasing-wild-roots-on-september-9th/
- Published: 2022-06-29T13:30:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**Seattle-based indie-folk hero Rocky Votolato releasing ‘Wild Roots’ (1st album
in over 7 years) on September 9th**

**Intimate concept album inspired by and written for his family**

**First single “Evergreen” out Friday, July 1st**
**Premiering today on BrooklynVegan**

[**Stream “Evergreen” On BrooklynVegan**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=8197535.20142.1.c5923a159b594025da604f54d9d95e57)

_“A gorgeously somber, impassioned song that finds Rocky sounding as impactful as
ever.”- [**Brooklynvegan**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=8197535.20143.1.e2f1a5b2bff9ce1790ed426a79e4b338)_

_“Votolato has an excellent voice and the vocal delivery that can make girls swoon
and make guys purchase his music in order to make their girls swoon. His songwriting
is strong enough to stand on its own, and that’s rare these days.”- _**_Pop Matters_**

_“It might be easy to lump Rocky Votolato in with the downtrodden likes of Conor
Oberst and Elliott Smith. But his songwriting is a bit more triumphant than theirs:
Votolato would rather pull himself out of a gutter than wallow in it, focusing instead
on the victory before the misery.”- _**_NPR_**

_“Listening to the lovely acoustic folk pop of singer/songwriter Votolato’s recent
years, it’s difficult to imagine he started his career as a Fugazi-influenced punker.
The introspective, poetic often conflicted lyrics and sparse melodies are sometimes
reminiscent of Neil Young…thought provoking, melancholy, remarkably personal and
ultimately revealing of sober truths…”- _**_American Songwriter_**

_“His singer/songwriter style is one that seems extremely comfortable in its own
skin. The songs are fleshed out, full of sincere musings and introspection, all 
under the guise of Votolato’s strong and earnest vocal style.”- _**_Punk News_**

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_“Rocky Votolato has always won points for the intense honesty and emotional transparency
of his music.”- _**_Glide Magazine_**_“_

_“Votolato’s lyrics stand apart from his uncomplicated sound and quietly, but unyieldingly,
demand deeper engagement.”- _**_Denver Post_**

Seattle-based indie-folk hero **Rocky Votolato** has announced plans to release **‘
Wild Roots’**— his first album in over 7 years– this fall, via **Spartan Records**
and **Thirty Something Records (Europe/UK)**.

Completed with the assistance of fans via Kickstarter, the album will be out everywhere
on September 9th.

An intimate concept album inspired by and written for his family, each song is 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 first single **“Evergreen”** will hit DSPs this Friday, July 1st, but is streaming
early via **BrooklynVegan**: [https://www.brooklynvegan.com/rocky-votolato-preps-first-album-in-7-years-stream-evergreen](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=8197535.20144.1.40fe21a771887cb8aa2a06a6088976d0).

Rocky Votolato - "Evergreen" (Official Audio) - Available Now

[⌊Rocky Votolato - "Evergreen" (Official Audio) - Available Now⌉⌊Rocky
Votolato - "Evergreen" (Official Audio) - Available Now⌉
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**Pre-order ‘Wild Roots’ here:** [https://spr.tn/wildroots](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=8197535.20145.1.597260604e7061bdbd2a2f110692f231).

**Pre-save ‘Wild Roots’ here:** [https://orcd.co/wildroots](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=8197535.20146.1.612e1cec3173b323a6b90cf4b8d01375).

**Upcoming shows:** 
11/3 – Tacoma, WA @ ALMA 11/4 – Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
11/5 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern

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‘Wild Roots’ was produced, engineered, and mixed by Votolato himself and features
a stellar lineup of 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 Sykes and the Sweet
Hereafter)** on electric guitar, and **Marcel Gein (Perry O’Parson)** on electric
guitar.

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. The record is a deliberate construction of his 
conceptual vision and new phase of his recording career.

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.[](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=8197535.20147.1.b8abf637245bd3406f415bceb63779cc)

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