event The Rural Alberta Advantage
Also Playing: Adam Arcuragi and The Eastern Sea
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Brian Niesz
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Fri Dec 11
9 pm,
The Rural Alberta Advantage, Adam Arcuragi, and The Eastern Sea at The ParishThe Rural Alberta Advantage is, as its name suggests, from Canada, but its music isn’t as plain or cocky as it might suggest. Rather, the Toronto trio weaves sleepy and spare melodies against ornate percussion, pairing a sighing organ with knee-weakening strings. The band’s 2008 self-released debut, Hometowns (reissued earlier this year by Saddle Creek Records), sounds a bit like it was crafted by The White Stripes, if they weren’t so hung up on rubbing your face in how sparse their band is. Songs like the gently needling “Don’t Haunt This Place” and “Drain The Blood” prove there’s plenty of muscle under the band’s lingering melodies, while opener “The Ballad Of The RAA” and funereal closer “In The Summertime” are just dying to be listened to while driving in the rain.The Parish 214 E Sixth St, Austin, TX
The Rural Alberta Advantage is, as its name suggests, from Canada, but its music isn’t as plain or cocky as it might suggest. Rather, the Toronto trio weaves sleepy and spare melodies against ornate percussion, pairing a sighing organ with knee-weakening strings. The band’s 2008 self-released debut, Hometowns (reissued earlier this year by Saddle Creek Records), sounds a bit like it was crafted by The White Stripes, if they weren’t so hung up on rubbing your face in how sparse their band is. Songs like the gently needling “Don’t Haunt This Place” and “Drain The Blood” prove there’s plenty of muscle under the band’s lingering melodies, while opener “The Ballad Of The RAA” and funereal closer “In The Summertime” are just dying to be listened to while driving in the rain.
Updated 10/21/2009
