Saddle Creek dahlins The Rural Alberta Advantage have been out of the spotlight for three years, but on September 30 they’ll come back better than eva! That is the day the Canadian sweetie pies will release Mended with Gold, and if it’s truly been three years in the making, then I think they are owed a round of applause (so pretend there’s a “round of applause” emoji or five here). While you wait for the end of September to roll around, go get nostalgic with their back catalog and ask yourself why you ever stopped listening to them. The album will likely be filled to the gills with some good ol’ Mike Mogis-approved tunez, and if you don’t believe me, well, how’s this track sound to ya, hunh!?
Mogis was obviously ALL OVA THIS! He’s probs jammin’ to it right now and frantically calling the Obersts “just to, ya know, talk, teeheehee!” No, but really, he was calling to say that the Indie Exclusive version of Mended with Gold is super-duper limited so peeps should def czech out the Saddle Creek store for details.
Mended with Gold tracklist:
01. Our Love…
02. This City
03. On the Rocks
04. Terrified
05. Runners in the Night
06. To Be Scared
07. 45/33
08. All We’ve Ever Known
09. The Build
10. Vulcan, AB
11. Not Love or Death
12. …On the Run
Dates:
07.18-20.14 - Dawson City, YT - Dawson City Festival
07.26.14 - Welland, ON - Owenpalooza
08.08.14 - Kingston, ON - Wolfe Island Music Festival
09.18-20.14 - Montreal, QC - Pop Montreal
10.03.14 - Vankleek Hill, ON - Beau’s Oktoberfest Event
10.09.14 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
10.10.14 - Columbus, OH - Skully’s
10.11.14 - Indianapolis, IN - Radio Radio
10.12.14 - St. Louis, MO - Firebird
10.14.14 - Chicago, IL - Metro
10.15.14 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
10.16.14 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown
10.17.14 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10.20.14 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite
10.23.14 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore
10.24.14 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
10.25.14 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
10.27.14 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
10.29.14 - Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy Theatre
10.30.14 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
11.01.14 - Salt Lake City, UT - The State Room
11.02.14 - Denver, CO - Hi Dive
11.04.14 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada
11.05.14 - Austin, TX - Red 7
11.06.14 - New Orleans, LA - The Beatnik
11.07.14 - Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree Cafe
11.08.14 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
11.09.14 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
11.11.14 - Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
11.12.14 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
11.13.14 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
11.14.14 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
11.15.14 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
11.21.14 - Birmingham, UK - The Har and Hounds
11.22.14 - Glasgow, UK - Broadcast
11.24.14 - Leeds, UK - Brundenell Social Club
11.25.14 - Manchester, UK - Soup Kitchen
11.26.14 - London, UK - Islington Assembly
11.27.14 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso Upstairs
11.29.14 - Munster, Germany - Gleiss22
12.01.14 - Cologne, Germany - Knust
12.03.14 - Berlin, Switzerland - Lido
12.04.14 - Munich, Germany - Atomic Café
12.05.14 - Frankfurt, Germany - Zoom
• The Rural Alberta Advantage: http://www.theraa.com
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