New Yorker’s Alberta Cross have today unveiled a brand new track from their long awaited debut LP. Entitled ‘Leave us and Forgive Us’, the track is available to download for FREE from the band’s web site, Alberta Cross.
Following ‘ATX’ being posted on their myspace earlier this month, this is the second glimpse of Alberta Cross’ fantastic new album ‘Broken Side of Time’, which is to be released on September 21st through Ark Recordings.
Visit Alberta Cross to download the track.
Fresh from appearances at Coachella, Bonaroo, SXSW and Glastonbury, Alberta Cross are set to release one of 2009’s most anticipated records. More than clever verses and catchy choruses, truly timeless albums offer listeners the keys to another world; they catapult you into another frame of mind and jostle your soul a little bit along the way. ‘Broken Side of Time’ is one of those albums.
‘Broken Side of Time’ took root in an April 2008 jam session, guitarist/vocalist Petter Ericson Stakee and bassist Terry Wolfers’ first with three players they would quickly enlist—guitarist Sam Kearney, drummer Austin Beede and keyboardist Alec Higgins. With the aid of a little drink and a little smoke, the five jammed on a group of Stakee’s then-new songs, giving birth to Alberta Cross’ second incarnation almost immediately: “I remember thinking that night, ‘This is gonna be insane,’” reminisces Stakee.
Their well-received debut EP, 2007’s The Thief & the Heartbreaker, was a modest, folk-minded, acoustic-based disc that garnered glowing reviews. But, for Stakee and Wolfers, it was a baby step. This, meanwhile, is a giant stride ahead, one that marks the band’s official introduction to America. Recorded in Austin, produced by the band with Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Dead Confederate, Heartless Bastards) & mixed by John O’Mahony (Depeche Mode, Coldplay, Kasabian) at Electric Lady Studios, the album melds propulsive, throbbing bass lines and crashing waves of guitar to a haunting, impassioned voice that can sound ancient and Appalachian.
Alberta Cross have toured extensively through the UK, sharing the stage with Oasis, The Shins, Bat for Lashes and Simian Mobile Disco, among others. “If we weren’t playing for people every night, we would be going mad” Stakee says. Adds Wolfers, “we do it, because we need to.”
Following ‘ATX’ being posted on their myspace earlier this month, this is the second glimpse of Alberta Cross’ fantastic new album ‘Broken Side of Time’, which is to be released on September 21st through Ark Recordings.
Visit Alberta Cross to download the track.
Fresh from appearances at Coachella, Bonaroo, SXSW and Glastonbury, Alberta Cross are set to release one of 2009’s most anticipated records. More than clever verses and catchy choruses, truly timeless albums offer listeners the keys to another world; they catapult you into another frame of mind and jostle your soul a little bit along the way. ‘Broken Side of Time’ is one of those albums.
‘Broken Side of Time’ took root in an April 2008 jam session, guitarist/vocalist Petter Ericson Stakee and bassist Terry Wolfers’ first with three players they would quickly enlist—guitarist Sam Kearney, drummer Austin Beede and keyboardist Alec Higgins. With the aid of a little drink and a little smoke, the five jammed on a group of Stakee’s then-new songs, giving birth to Alberta Cross’ second incarnation almost immediately: “I remember thinking that night, ‘This is gonna be insane,’” reminisces Stakee.
Their well-received debut EP, 2007’s The Thief & the Heartbreaker, was a modest, folk-minded, acoustic-based disc that garnered glowing reviews. But, for Stakee and Wolfers, it was a baby step. This, meanwhile, is a giant stride ahead, one that marks the band’s official introduction to America. Recorded in Austin, produced by the band with Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Dead Confederate, Heartless Bastards) & mixed by John O’Mahony (Depeche Mode, Coldplay, Kasabian) at Electric Lady Studios, the album melds propulsive, throbbing bass lines and crashing waves of guitar to a haunting, impassioned voice that can sound ancient and Appalachian.
Alberta Cross have toured extensively through the UK, sharing the stage with Oasis, The Shins, Bat for Lashes and Simian Mobile Disco, among others. “If we weren’t playing for people every night, we would be going mad” Stakee says. Adds Wolfers, “we do it, because we need to.”
