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Hometowns, the bands justreissued 2008 album, is a wellcrafted bit of folk that neednt stand on the shoulders of giants. The rural alberta advantage departing musicians friend. The band consists of nils edenloff on lead vocals and guitar, amy cole robin hatch between september 2016 and january 2018 on keyboards, bass, and backing vocals, and paul banwatt on drums. The rural alberta advantage has released three albums on saddle creekpaper bag records. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. The rural alberta advantage hometowns the rural alberta advantage are. Jan 07, 20 videos play all the rural alberta advantage hometowns paper bag records the rural alberta advantage terrified duration.
Originally released independently in early 2008, the album gained international exposure when the band was selected as emusics featured artist of the month for november 2008. The rural alberta advantage albums, songs, and news. Born and raised in alberta, canada, singerguitarist edenloff anchors the band. The rural alberta advantage the rural alberta advantage play indierock songs about hometowns and heartbreak, born out of images from growing up in central and northern alberta. Find the rural alberta advantage discography, albums and singles on allmusic. If so this will actually be its third outing since it was originally selfreleased in early 2008 by the band, then they signed to conor obersts saddle creek stable who rereleased hometowns in july 2009. They sing about summers in the rockies and winters on the farm, ice breakups in the spring time and the oil booms charm, the mine. Though departing is viewed by the band as a companion piece to their. Singersongwriter nils edenloff, along with amy cole and paul banwatt, craft lovelorn postcards to small town heartache, beloved and.
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While the strokes album is good, it lacks something, and that is melodies that stick out. The rural alberta advantages percussive folk songs about hometowns and heartbreak, and relentless tradition of touring have taken the trio of amy cole, paul. Hometowns is the debut album by canadian indie rock band the rural alberta advantage. The rural alberta advantage hometowns lyrics and tracklist.
Hometowns 2009, departing 2011 and mended with gold 2014. With a name like the rural alberta advantage and a debut album called hometowns, one would hope for an unpretentious collection of amiable indie pop tunes filtered through the wistful lens of a wes anderson film, and thats exactly what you get. Complete your the rural alberta advantage collection. Strong songwriting, peppy rhythms and edenloffs earnest, brittle yelp gave the group an underground buzz throughout canada, where they toured extensively for three years. Originally released independently in early 2008, the album gained.
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The rural alberta advantage begs for neutral milk hotel comparisonssee paul banwatts nasal shout, or the ubiquitous fuzzedout acoustic guitarbut they arent entirely deserved. Listen to your favorite songs from hometowns by the rural alberta advantage now. Jan 01, 2008 listen to your favorite songs from hometowns by the rural alberta advantage now. The air is unbearably harmful tonight take me away from these old city lights and i would be better off with your lovely limbs just wrapped around me tonight this love is. With departing, the raa further refines the exuberant guitar work. Check out hometowns by the rural alberta advantage on amazon music. The rural alberta advantage are basically a indie rock trio from toronto made up of paul banwatt, amy cole, and nils eddenloff.
Edenloff grappled with homesickness after his move from edmonton, alberta to toronto, ontario in 2003. Hometowns was recorded and produced from april 2007 to march 2008 by roger leavens at boombox sound in toronto, ontario. The rural alberta advantage are an indie rock band from toronto whose selfreleased debut album became an internet sensation in 2008. The rural alberta advantage hometowns 2009, vinyl discogs.
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