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3 Sisters

Plague Dogs

The Rural Alberta Advantage 'Mended With Gold' 
Available September 30, 2014

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The Rural Alberta Advantage- Terrified

Conductors

The Rise & The Fall

Lullaby

Don't Wake Up

Our Youth

Real Life

FSHG

"On The Rocks"
from the album Mended With Gold
Out September 30th, 2014 worldwide.

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The Rural Alberta Advantage - On The Rocks

Falling Apart

The full version of this new song from The Rural Alberta Advantage is available now.

Teaser

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White Lights

Beacon Hill

Hometowns

In The Summertime

Four Night Rider

The Ballad Of The RAA

Departing

Stamp

Don't Haunt This Place

Sleep All Day

Drain The Blood

Eye Of The Tiger

Muscle Relaxants

The Air

Frank, AB

Edmonton

Brother

The Wild

Bad Luck Again

Letting Go

Alright

Tornado '87

Since forming in 2005, the Rural Alberta Advantage (Nils Edenloff, Amy Cole and Paul Banwatt) has earned fans and critical acclaim with their unique style of percussive indie-folk songs woven from tales of singer/songwriter Edenloff’s Alberta heritage. Edenloff’s exodus from the province inspired the band’s name and many of the songs from their enthralling debut album, Hometowns, originally self-released in 2008. Buzz grew quickly as indie music fans discovered the record and championed the band online as digital music retailer eMusic.com featured the record in their Selects program spotlighting unsigned artists. Hometowns became the highest-selling Selects act in history and a critical darling nearly overnight, appearing on dozens of “Best of 2008” lists in newspapers, blogs, and radio podcasts across North America and Europe. 

The inspiring DIY success story of the Rural Alberta Advantage has continued to gain momentum and attract fans and followers of their exciting live performances and gritty, honest songs. A breakthrough performance at the 2009 SXSW festival in Austin, Texas won the ultimate seal of approval from Pitchfork (“This band could be huge”) and a nod as a “buzz band” from the Associated Press. More glowing press reviews and sold-out club dates in major cities throughout the United States have followed and Hometowns will be released properly for the first time on Saddle Creek in July 2009.

After a breakthrough 2009 that saw them earn comparisons to The Arcade Fire and Neutral Milk Hotel, capture SXSW buzz playing on a bill with Grizzly Bear, sell out a tour, sign to Saddle Creek, and score a “Breaking Out” featuring in SPIN, The Rural Alberta Advantage are poised to explode in 2011 with the March 1 release of Departing.

With their new album, the band further refines the exuberant guitar work; everything-on-the-table singing; songwriting full of conviction and detail; and majestic, keyboard-sprinkled arrangements that have won them so many fans. Departing strings together themes of small towns, Canadian fall and winter, break ups, and redemption and serves as a companion piece to their beloved debut album Hometowns. Highlights include the affecting “North Star,” the stark regret of “Tornado,” and the storming, percussive surge of “Stamp”.

The group consists of singer/guitarist Nils Edenloff, also the chief writer in the group; Paul Banwatt, whose raucous percussion pushes the songs into overdrive; and multi-instrumental Amy Cole, who provides keys, percussion, and backing vocals. Borrowing a regional slogan, Edenloff grew up in rural Fort McMurray, Alberta, and draws on his experiences there in his songwriting.

About their debut, Pitchfork Media gave it an 8.0, raving that “songs this good deserve to be heard by audiences as large as their sonic scope.” Meanwhile, All Music Guide said, “If there was an award for ‘Most likeable album of 2009,’ RAA would win by a landslide… Can’t wait to hear the next one.”

The Rural Alberta Advantage's percussive folk songs about hometowns and heartbreak, and relentless tradition of touring have taken the trio from humble recognition amongst indie rock die-hards as "Canada's best unsigned band" to sold-out tours and devoted fans around the world with featured coverage from Spin Magazine, Pitchfork, The New York Times and Rolling Stone all taking note. The band has been nominated for two 2012 Juno Awards (Best New Group and Video of the Year for their song “Stamp”), long listed for the 2011 Polaris Award, and awarded the CBC Music Prize for Best Independent Artist in 2014.

The RAA has released three albums on Saddle Creek/Paper Bag Records: Hometowns (2009), Departing (2011) and Mended With Gold (2014). The trio of Nils Edenloff, Paul Banwatt and Robin Hatch will be hitting the road for set of road testing shows to preview the new material they’ve been working on and carve out these new songs in front of their fans in a live setting before returning home to record in between each run. The tour will swing through some of the band’s favourite venues across North America and Europe throughout 2016/2017.

Some words on The Rural Alberta Advantage:

““Regardless of your tastes, if you care about drums at all, Mended With Gold is a must-listen.” –Pitchfork

“The Rural Alberta Advantage are best seen live, where their acoustic crescendos and Nils Edenloff's Jeff Mangum-esque vocal acrobatics impress most.”  -Under The Radar

“There's something that just makes you want to root for them -- as Edenloff introduced "Tornado '87", a song about a twister that ran through Edmonton, one of the many Canadian bros in attendance shouted: "I LOVE TORNADOS!" That's making a connection.” – Coachella Festival coverage, Pitchfork

“The intensity of like “Stamp” and “Don’t Haunt This Place” lean on Banwatt’s marathon-runner stamina and fills, and it’s safe to say the band’s great melodies wouldn’t sound the same without him.” – “The 10 Best New Rhythm Sections”, Paste Magazine

“The crowd sang along to all the ‘oohs’ and danced to songs like The Deadroads and Frank, AB, even demanding an encore that would never materialize in a festival like this. Will this show rate among the weekend’s best? Too early to say, but it’s a strong contender.” – Montreal Gazette at Osheaga Festival

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