The Rural Alberta Advantage - “Rush Apart” from Hometowns
Ah, Canada. You are safe, you are clean, you are cold and, hence, you are a bit dull. However, you DO breed some pretty kick-ass music. The latest? The Rural Alberta Advantage. Hailing from Alberta, Canada (obv), they describe themselves as makers of “indie-rock folk songs about hometowns and heartbreak, born out of images from growing up in Central and Northern Alberta…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...”
Right, then. Hometowns is the name of the album, and it’s as likable as any Canadian you’ve ever met. (Aren’t stereotypes fun, kids?)
