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The Rural Alberta Advantage is a Canadian indie rock band that formed in 2005 in Toronto. The band consists of Nils Edenloff on lead vocals and guitar, Amy Cole on backing vocals and keyboard, and Paul Banwatt on drums.〔("Advantage: Team Rural Alberta" ), ''eye weekly'', November 26, 2008.〕 They have released three albums and are signed to Paper Bag Records in Canada and Saddle Creek Records internationally. In 2011 they were nominated for a Polaris Music Prize. == Biography == Regarding how they met, the band has said in an interview: "We all hosted an open stage at The Winchester in Cabbagetown, and that led to us forming The RAA. Nobody ever came to our night, and now that place is a Tim Hortons. I'm not saying it was our fault. I'm just saying it's a pretty big coincidence. I mean, the place was around for 120 years, but less than one year with us.... We have no regrets though. We'll close as many venues as it takes."〔(The Rural Alberta Advantage ). ''Wavelength'', November 3, 2006.〕 The band's name was coined by Edenloff's brother, when he wrote in an e-mail to Edenloff that he was planning to explore "the rural Alberta advantage" by spending some time back on the family farm near Donalda, Alberta where they had spent part of their childhoods.〔("Rural Alberta Advantage's Prairie Home Companion" ). ''Exclaim!'', June 23, 2009.〕 First formed in 2005, the band recorded a demo tape and released an EP independently before completing their first full-length album, ''Hometowns'', in early 2008. ''Hometowns'' was recorded and produced from April 2007 to March 2008 by Roger Leavens at BoomBox Sound in Toronto, Ontario. The band toured extensively across Canada, including shows at the Pop Montreal and Halifax Pop Explosion festivals, to support ''Hometowns''. The band was selected as eMusic's featured artist of the month for November 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=US Archives - Wondering Sound )〕 The band subsequently signed to Saddle Creek Records in 2009, and ''Hometowns'' was re-released by the label in July.〔("The Rural Alberta Advantage Sign with Saddle Creek" ). ''Exclaim!'', May 1, 2009.〕 The band was also selected as the X3 Artist of the month by Aux.tv, CBC Radio 3 and ''Exclaim!'' for July 2009. Their second LP, ''Departing'', was released on March 1, 2011.〔("The Rural Alberta Advantage reveal new album, ‘Departing’" ). aux.tv, December 6, 2010.〕 The album was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.〔("2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List announced" ). aux.tv, June 16, 2011.〕 Their third album ''Mended with Gold'' was released on September 30, 2014. In the fall of 2014, ''Mended with Gold'' was featured on NPR's ''All Songs Considered'' list for the top albums of September, alongside names like Hozier.〔("The Rural Alberta Advantage Announce 'Mended with Gold,' Premiere New Track" ). ''Exclaim!'', July 8, 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Rural Alberta Advantage」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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