Recently the Toronto trio The Rural Alberta Advantage dropped their album The Rise & The Fall via Saddle Creek (USA) and Paper Bag Records (CAN).
Basically it is a repackaged from their 2022 EP The Rise & single CANDU with 7 new songs which in part is “The Fall” side.
A great blend of indie folk rock and alternative album.
About the album by Nils:
“All of our music is rooted in heart and honesty.
The songs themselves come from a very earnest place and they are really extensions of who we are.
Sometimes we hide those emotions with a lot of noise and sonic energy, while other times we leave them raw and bare.
I see our albums as diary entries or snapshots in time and this one certainly fits that bill.”
The Rise & The Fall is a culmination of navigating songwriting through forced zoom meetings, trading files of song ideas over email, managing rehearsals in borrowed warehouses that allowed for more personal space, and proving that the specialness of the band and their songs could only be found with them all together in one room and especially on stage.
Getting back to live performances across North America one small tour leg at a time in 2022 gave The RAA back the chance to rework, cancel and perfect these new songs and bring them back home into studios around Toronto for recording with Gavin Gardiner (All Day Coconut).
For the first time, the band focused on writing and recording a few songs at a time, taking their tradition of roadtesting new music to a whole new level of real-time collaboration with their fans.
The Rural Alberta Advantage – The Rise & The Fall [Streaming]
