Even with hard edged indie guitars, there's something about Paul Banwatt's Nils Edenloff's voice that makes every track by the Rural Alberta Advantage instantly folksy. Evoking imagery of rural hamlets, plains and agricultural decline, the Rural Alberta Advantage sing about their homes and experiences growing up in Alberta. Songs range from frantic ballads to languid meanderings, but always with enough indie polish to make them evocatively folky, yet poppily enjoyable. Hometowns by RAA is a sleeper album not to be missed from 2009. As reinforced by the title, RAA sing personal songs - about nature, people, emotions and life - that deserve attention. I personally am in love with Hometowns right now.
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Drain the Blood (YSI) (zshare)
The Rural Alberta Advantage - The Deathbridge in Lethbridge (YSI) (zshare)
2 comments:
Banwatt is the drummer. Nils sings and wrote the songs.
Thanks for the heads-up. Sorry RAA.
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