The Rural Alberta Advantage
| The Rural Alberta Advantage | |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Indie rock |
| founding | 2005 |
| Website | http://www.theraa.com/index.html |
| Current occupation | |
| Paul Banwatt | |
| Amy Cole | |
| Nils Edenloff | |
| former members | |
| Robin Hatch | |
The Rural Alberta Advantage ( The RAA for short ) is a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto, founded in 2005 . It consists of the three members Paul Banwatt, Amy Cole and Nils Edenloff.
In 2008 the debut album Hometowns was released , still on a small indie label. The band became more popular when they were named "featured artist of the month" on the eMusic website in November 2008 and compared with Neutral Milk Hotel . In 2009 Hometowns was re-released on the well-known indie label Saddle Creek .
Publications
Albums
- Hometowns (2008), re-released on Saddle Creek (2009)
- Departing (2011), published on Saddle Creek (2011)
- Mended with Gold (2014), released October 3, 2014 on Saddle Creek and Paper Bag Records (2014)
- The Wild (2017), released October 13, 2017 on Paper Bag Records (2017)
EPs and singles
- The Rural Alberta Advantage Demo (2005)
- The Rural Alberta Advantage EP (2006)
- Drain the Blood b / w Eye of the Tiger Single (2010)
- Frank, AB (Remix) / The Deadroads Single (2010)