Rory Garton Smith

It is with great anticipation that solo electronic artist and producer Elk Road (Rory Garton Smith) is back with a new track Solid Gold featuring Julia Stone through Sony music Entertainment Australia. Solid Gold premiered last night on triple j via Good Nights with Linda Marigliano.

"Julia and I wrote this in one night in Sydney on a guitar, the song is about repairing relationships instead of abandoning them, finding the solid gold within something that is falling apart and rebuilding it from there. Despite the darker theme, what we ended up with is something fun, happy. A short, sharp burst of melody and joy to enjoy on your drive to the beach."

Hailing from Perth, Western Australia, solo electronic artist and producer Elk Road (Rory Garton Smith) has divvied up his time travelling the world and studying, following a passion for snowboarding and surfing, and drawing inspiration from all around the globe.

Elk Road has released 5 singles to date including the triple j favourites Not To Worry and Hanging By A Thread (featuring Nat Foster of Tully on Tully) which featured in triple j's Hottest 100 of 2016 and has been streamed over 2 million times. His track Intimate with LDRU has been played by DJs all around the country for the last few months, and his remix of Lost on You by LP clocked over 3 million streams on youtube and a million on spotify in the first few weeks, becoming the most played upload on Trap Nation of the month of September. Elk Road made his Triple J Like A Version in 2016 performing his original Hanging By A Thread as well as covering Flight Facilities Crave You with vocalist Lisa Mitchell, weaving in elements of fellow Perth act Tame Impala's The Less I Know The Better to an incredible reaction. The performance has been viewed over 2 million times on Facebook and Youtube, with over 28K reactions and 6K shares on the former.

Elk Road has played on stages all around Australia including recently hitting the road in February 2017 on Porter Robinson and Madeon's Shelter Tour with fellow support act Lido as well as 2016 supports for Odesza and Carmada. Elk Road has also played Splendour In The Grass, Southbound, Groovin' The Moo, Arcadia and Curveball at Carriage Works, as a part of Vivid Festival, where Elk Road featured on the line-up alongside the infamous Zhu and a huge amount of brilliant Australian talent including Basenji, Cosmo's Midnight, JOY., Nicole Millar and Yuma X. Elk Road has had a super busy second half of the year, playing 15 shows around Australia including Snowtunes in Jindabyne, Home Nightclub in Sydney, This That in Newcastle, Mountain Meets Sea in Wollongong and many more.

Elk Road Upcoming Shows

Dec 30 2017 - Rhythm and Alps - Wanaka, New Zealand

Dec 31 2017 - Cambridge Hotel - Newcastle NYE show 

http://elkroad.com.au/