The Rural Alberta Advantage

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Years Active
2005 – present (20 years)
Founded In
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto-based trio The Rural Alberta Advantage (Nils Edenloff, Amy Cole, andPaul 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.View wiki
Toronto-based trio The Rural Alberta Advantage (Nils Edenloff, Amy Cole, andPaul 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 …read more
Toronto-based trio The Rural Alberta Advantage (Nils Edenloff, Amy Cole, andPaul 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…read more
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1 Play trackHometownsDon't Haunt This Place
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 269listeners
2 Play trackThe WildBrother
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 152listeners
3 Play trackHometownsFrank, AB
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 106listeners
4 Play trackHometownsIn the Summertime
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 106listeners
5 Play trackHometownsDrain the Blood
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 87listeners
6 Play trackHometownsThe Ballad of The RAA
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 85listeners
7 Play trackThe WildWhite Lights
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 73listeners
8 Play trackMended With GoldTerrified
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 69listeners
9 Play trackThe WildAlright
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 66listeners
10 Play trackThe WildBad Luck Again
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 63listeners

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Albums

  1. 180,975 listeners

    11 Nov 2008 · 13 tracks

    Hometowns
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  2. 53,668 listeners

    28 Feb 2011 · 10 tracks

    Departing
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  3. 32,192 listeners

    12 Oct 2017 · 10 tracks

    The Wild
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  4. 31,337 listeners

    5 Sep 2014 · 12 tracks

    Mended With Gold
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