The Rural Alberta Advantage – In the Summertime

Today’s song is another gorgeous effort from Toronto’s The Rural Alberta Advantage.  In the Summertime is the closing track from the indie-rock trio’s debut full-length album Hometowns, independently released in early 2008 and then re-released on July 7th of this year following the band’s signing with Saddle Creek Records.  I know I’ve mentioned it before, but I just can’t get over how much Nils Edenlof sounds like Jeff Mangum when he throws himself into a lyric.  If there are any readers from Ontario/Quebec reading this post, The Rural Alberta advantage is kicking off an Ontario/Quebec tour that started in Hamilton last night, and is set to wrap up in London on the 21st.  A full list of tour stops can be found on the band’s website here.  For more from the album, we’ve also posted Don’t Haunt This Place below:

The Rural Alberta Advantage – Don’t Haunt This Place

In the summertime, 
I don’t know if the stars were aligned.
We’d stumble onto something we would like
And I’m afraid I lost the words tonight

And in your summer dress, was holding you
But you were holding less
It’s not the words, it’s the ones you stress
I love as I love you just don’t love me less

And once in a while,
I know our hearts beat of time. 
And once in a while, 
I know they’ll fall back in line.

And in the summertime,
I don’t know if the stars were aligned
We’d stumble onto something we would like
And I’m afraid I lost the words tonight

And when we’re middle aged, 
You tell me I loved you like a renegade
And how I say the things that make you sway.
And mostly I tell you you did the same.

And once in a while,
I know our hearts beat out of time.
And once in a while,
I know they’ll fall back in line.

Our love is strong.
Our love is strong.
Our love is strong.
While my heart’s still pumping blood.

Related posts:

• The Rural Alberta Advantage – Don’t Haunt This Place
• The Rural Alberta Advantage – Drain the Blood
• Tokyo Police Club – Your English Is Good
• The Wooden Sky – The Late King Henry
• You Say Party! We Say Die! – Laura Palmer’s Prom

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