The new Lowheart release, "Roots Run Deep" - their first EP, is a six-track collection of traditional American folk songs, from well before the birth of rock 'n' roll, and which reflect the origins of both Country Music and The Blues. The songs on this EP are all around 100 years old (and in the case of "Wayfaring Stranger", around 200 years old!) - so old that the original songwriters cannot be identified, and as such the songs are all in the public domain.
These classic songs, which have all been covered numerous times over the years by a great many artists, have been given the Lowheart treatment on "Roots Run Deep", often with unique new arrangements that inject a different perspective and feel to the songs. The instrumentation, production, and musical style are in a similar vein to the sounds displayed on their most recent album "Catharsis", driven by the acoustic guitar, passionate vocals, and each featuring a memorable and dynamic lead guitar solo.
"Roots Run Deep" covers the majority of the pre-rock American musical genres (with the exception of jazz); blues, folk-blues, country, folk, country blues, hillbilly, bluegrass, gospel, and even a touch of reggae - the amalgam of which can best be described in modern terms as Roots/Americana or Alt-Country, although with the addition of Lowheart's ever-resent rock edge. Lyrical themes featured in these songs include those of spirituality, redemption, temptation, loneliness, punishment, isolation, sorrow, and loss, with classic settings such as trains, prisons, whore-houses, and biblical legends. "Roots Run Deep" presents a concise summary of the roots of American guitar music, with a fresh take on some well-worn and much-loved classics.