The Rural Alberta Advantage – Hometowns
This one might have been even higher on the list had I not caught wind of their 2008 self-release back in February, before they released this polished major labor version in mid-2009. Hometowns simply refuses to be overlooked, even amidst our era of mile-a-minute blog-topia music criticism, in which every hype machine wants to sell you the newest must-listen EP from this young New York quartet or that shit-hottest Danish DJ. RAA have all the same components as other bands, you know, instruments and voices and the like, but they sound like they’ve been holed up Bon Iver-style perfecting a style that’s immune to any recent overarching trends. It’s a decidedly straightforward endeavor, even on upbeat winners like “Don’t Haunt This Place” and “The Deadroads.” The lesson actually might be quite simple: keep singing, but never stop drumming.
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