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Toronto-based trio The Rural Alberta Advantage (Nils Edenloff, Amy Cole, and Paul Banwatt) play indie-rock songs about hometowns and heartbreak, born out of images from growing up in Central and Northern Alberta. They sing about 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.
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ofblackmetal08 wrote:
awesome, i love Amy.
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FinalPizzaHut wrote:
Departing is one of the top 50 albums of 2011! http://watchthetapes.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/top-50-albums-of-2011/
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abhinavsays42 wrote:
such an underrated band. both their albums should be among the top 100 albums ever. closest thing i've found to NMH, atleast the vocals.
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mucka8 wrote:
Probably my new favourite band...2 Beautiful Albums... more of the same please!
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Cal_Huckaby wrote:
The fucking world most underestimated band
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Drewsurfz wrote:
THANK YOU Paul, Amy & Nils for the consistent ear pleasure and constant reason to take my time getting to places and meeting with people (I don't wanna take my skullcandy's out)...I look forward to 2012 with you all! Best wishes!
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HMSKittenfister wrote:
This rag tag has bestowed us albertans with legitamacy. Bless you RAA. I have yet to hear an artist speak so eloquently about a landscape that anyone who is not native to would find bleak.
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youngandgifted wrote:
The RAA are one of Ca Va Cool's best albums of 2011: http://www.cavacool.com/feature/best-albums-2011-part-1/
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Hammer_heart wrote:
Хорошие колхозники.
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gnikja wrote:
fucking incredible.
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Wrenaissance wrote:
Vocals are styled like Jeff Mangum, but the instrumentation isn't as interesting as NMH.
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MonkeyDamir wrote:
...cool
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SilentNovA wrote:
Gave them a try for the first time a few months ago, and just got back to giving them a second chance around now. I'd have to say I'm glad I gave them a second listen.
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PaperBagRecords wrote:
Known about these guys for a long time, but just heard Frank, AB tonight! It is amazing <3
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kateskute wrote:
one of the best live shows i have ever seen
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LpXeRo wrote:
Frank, AB чудова
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prdrums77 wrote:
Great band!
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Rastakasta wrote:
Great band!
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illjoseph wrote:
Good band!
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Cheezdude wrote:
my love is gonna hold you tight
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Coachella + SXSW + 2011 Canada/US tour dates!
19 Jan 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/theraa
Here's a full list of our latest tour dates (so far). We're
very excited about the new record, which will finally be out on
March 1, and we can't wait to get out on the road and play the new
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