The Albertans – New Age

The Albertans, a quintet of Joel Bravo, Ian Everall, Curtis McLean, Krystin Monaghan, and Alison Yip, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, defects from Alberta, Saskatchewan and the U.S. They met as a collective, and piled into a propane-fueled, converted short bus to tour down to San Diego and back. They toured this way for the next two years, unglamorously, crossing the continent to record in New York, playing shows with bands they didn’t know, for people that didn’t know them. They traveled 50,000 miles, hopped borders, broke down, and slept on the road. In those two years together, The Albertans recorded an EP and full length with Ernest Jenning Records. They played shows at Sled Island, SXSW, and CMJ with bands such as Cuff the Duke, Hard Drugs, and Woods, and were named one of L Magazine’s top NYC bands of 2009. This Fall, The Albertans finally found a home back in Vancouver, and are playing shows in BC until March of 2011, when they’ll leave for a full North American tour. For now, the band is happy to be back in the mountains and on islands and among oceans.

The Albertans, recorded their new single and forthcoming album New Age, at Chandelier Studios in Brooklyn, NY. Ernest Jenning Record Company (Cuff the Duke, O’Death, Takka Takka, Still Flyin) will release the full-length album on April 19, 2011.

MP3: “The Wake” from New Age:

http://pigeonrow.com/TheAlbertansTheWake.mp3

Hi-res photo of The Albertans:
http://pigeonrow.com/TheAlbertanshires1.JPG