Alberta Cross - Broken Side of Time
Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 10:37PM 
Described by one critic as sounding like "the Kings of Leon with a shot of valium", scruffy Anglo-Swede neo-roots rockers Alberta Cross follow up their acclaimed 2007 EP debut with new album Broken Side of Time out digitally this fall is finally set to arrive on CD March 9 via ATO. The strong critical buzz that emerged upon the release of the seven-track The Thief and the Heartbreaker eventually led to a Leon-like U.K. base of adoring fans and press and their inclusion on the fall '08 Oasis tour at the personal request of Noel Gallagher. Once again, more ecstatic reviews.
Brit music bible NME declared "each tune comes like a fragile gesture - rich with euphoric choruses, layered guitars and raw harmonies. And when a quietly appreciative crowd allows the band to transport them down an abandoned highway to the spiritual home of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - honestly you could hear a heartbeat." Another critic declared that the band "pulls of Fleet Foxes' trick of simultaneously sounding like lost treasure and something fresh and new." AC founder and guitarist/vocalist Petter Ericson Stakee says of the new project, "It's kind of a desperation album, a darker album; it's definitely angrier. We've been in a crazy place during the whole album and you can hear that." Lead tracks "ATX" and "Taking Control" back him up with a vengeance. Recommended.
Alberta Cross - "Taking Control" (from the album Broken Side of Time)
Alberta Cross - "ATX" (from the album Broken Side of Time)
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