Hometowns
released 11/18/2008
by The Rural Alberta Advantage


Thanks to eMusic’s Selects program, I discovered the as-of-yet unsigned The Rural Alberta Advantage this past November. This great trio from, of all places – Alberta, describe themselves as indie-rockers singing about hometowns and heartbreak, summers in the Rockies and winters on the farm, ice breakups in the spring time and the oil boom’s charm, the mine workers on compressed, the equally depressed, the city’s slow growth and the country’s wild rose, but mostly the songs just try to embrace the advantage of growing up in Alberta.

Their first album is titled, Hometowns and is an instantly classic indie-rock recording. Do yourself (and the band) a favor and buy their album from eMusic or their website.

The Rural Alberta Advantage
by Marc Hodges Photography

 

 

One of the few things available from them on YouTube.

The Rural Alberta Advantage is:
Nils Edenloff:
Amy Cole:
Paul Banwatt:

— Anthony P. Munoz
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