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Alberta Cross

Sinking Ships

    'Sinking Ships' is the much anticipated seventh studio album from the acclaimed Alberta Cross. A gorgeous 10-track collection of modern indie-rock including an irresistible cover of Sharon Van Etten's 'Every Time The Sun Comes Up'. The album is at times expansive & subtly anthemic, beautifully mellow, folk-tinged and awash with a layered, maximalist sound that variously recalls The War On Drugs, Bon Iver & Phosphorescent.

    At all times, lead singer Petter Ericson Stakee's un-mistakable high-vocals, which have at times been compared to Jim James & Neil Young, soar through the music – particularly on album stand-outs 'Mercy' & 'Glow in The Dark'. The album was written mostly at the legendary The Wool Hall in Frome Somerset with Petter's long term producer and collaborator, Luke Potashnick - who recently bought and renovated The Wool Hall (legendary in part due to Van Morrisson and Tears for Fears recording albums there). 7th studio album, wistful, melancholy & invigorating, a piece of modern indie rock.

    TRACK LISTING

    1. Mercy 
    2. Sinking Ships 
    3. Glow In The Dark 
    4. Between You And Me 
    5. Come To A Place 
    6. Morning Drum 
    7. Near Misses And Defeats 
    8. Vespertine 
    9. Bloom 
    10. Every Time The Sun Comes Up

    ‘Songs Of Patience’ is both a throwback to Alberta Cross’ roots and a progression forward. The album veers from the melodic sprawl of opener ‘Magnolia’, a track singer / songwriter / guitarist Petter Ericson Stakee wrote in LA about “too many late nights, for better or worse”, to the pensive provocation of ‘Lay Down’, which was penned in the back of a van in Tampa when he felt “beat down by the road” after a two-year straight stint on tour. Petter’s self-defeat and subsequent self-discovery are apparent on hook-laden rocker ‘Wasteland’, a track about “our generation being lost and sometimes in need of guidance”, while the fuzzed out layers on ‘Crate Of Gold’ reveal his growth as a songwriter.

    The focus throughout the album’s songwriting was strong, engaging melodies, as well as Ericson Stakee’s poetic narrative sensibility, both of which allow the listener to inhabit a new place for the span of the album.

    Produced by Joe Chicarrelli (The Strokes, The White Stripes).

    Includes two bonus tracks not included on the US release.

    TRACK LISTING

    Magnolia
    Crate Of Gold
    Lay Down
    Come On Maker
    Wasteland
    Ophelia On My Mind
    I Believe In Everything
    Money For The Weekend
    Life Without Warning
    Bonfires
    Ramblin’ Home (Bonus Track)
    Wait (Bonus Track)


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