Rollaway has seen a number of changes over the last few years that have landed them finally in the heart of East Vancouver. With roots deep in the red dirt of Georgia from whence its founders Benton Roark and Peden Young hale, fate brought them first to New York City in 2001. It was during a three-year stint here that the band came into its own, playing regularly in the downtown dives and Brooklyn clubs and finally releasing its debut self-titled album in 2003. After beginning their sophomore record The Rollaway B-Sides in New Jersey in 2005, Rollaway made a major move, packing up and heading to Vancouver, B.C. to join in the roots revival that’s underway in the city by the sea. The B-Sides, released in Vancouver in 2007, is an EP that seemlessly brings together the various influences of blues, southern rock, jazz, and folk into a style reminiscent of classic outfits like The Allman Brothers and The Band, and more contemporary groups like My Morning Jacket, Fleet Foxes, and Neko Case. With a new line up made up of Roark, the occasional Young, expats Adam Jones (bass), Adam Tryczynski (lead guitar), Brian Nesselroad (drums), and Sarah Wolfman-Robichaud (supporting vocals), and BC natives Martin Reisle (pedal steel, banjo, mandolin) and Jen Lewin (piano, Hammond, Rhodes), Rollaway is back on a new scene with a new, full-length record in the works of material that shows the influence of the Western Canadian roots sound.
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