“I still remember opening the first box of vinyl that we received from Saddle Creek. We were playing a show in Minneapolis at the 7th Street Entry. There was something about seeing Hometowns on vinyl for the first time, holding onto a tangible product that was in a way a summation of every show, practice, and recording session that we’d done up to that point that made you feel like you’d actually created something.
When you hold something like that for the very first time, you actually feel like you’ve maybe done something special.”
—Nils Edenloff
Special, indeed. The Rural Alberta Advantage returns with a brand new LP, Mended With Gold this coming Tuesday, (9/30) and its arrival it being met with anything but faint praise, with Filter noting, “The band shines in its own ability to blend pared-down composition with fast-paced percussion and lyrics that could only come from, well, rural Alberta.”
“The Toronto-based trio, led by born-and-bred Albertan Nils Edenloff are full of nostalgic songs about hometowns and heartbreaks, marrying salt-of-the-earth acoustic rock to energetic rhythms and grand orchestral arrangements,” Pitchfork recently underscored.
Another facet of Mended With Gold’s arrival is the gorgeous clear vinyl with gold splatter edition (shown above) of which 1,000 were pressed as a mom and pop shop, indie exclusive edition. Of the 1,000, 250 were offered as presales which sold out in a proverbial flash—but 750 have made their way across North America and they arrive in your local shops on Tuesday for purchase.
And, as we’re all about getting you out and away from your computers and into the aforementioned brick and mortar, mom and pop shops, we’ve partnered with the band and our friends at Saddle Creek to offer a wee bit of an incentive to get your hands on Mended With Gold when it lands in stores next week.
The list of indie shops below have been sent the RAA swag you see directly below. Just fire up the TVD Record Store Locator App—you know, our now 3-year-old app with the largest database of record stores on the planet which just happens to be FREE and for iPhone and Android—and let it steer you to one of the closest participating shops. Flash the app upon purchase of the gold flecked Mended With Gold, and get your hands on the exclusive RAA merch below—on us!
Now, the list below are the shops who have the bonus swag they’re happy to drop into your bag upon purchase of the LP and the flash of the app—but Mended With Gold will be everywhere come Tuesday, so the TVD Record Store Locator App will be handy—no matter where you are.
Did you locate Gold out there? We’d love to see your photos on TVD’s Facebook or Twitter pages or anyplace on the band’s socials!
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PARTICIPATING STORES:
2nd Avenue Records – Portland, OR
Almost Music – Omaha, NE
B-Side Records – Madison, WI
Boo Boo Records – San Luis Obispo, CA
Bull Moose – Bangor, ME
Bull Moose – Portland, ME
Bull Moose – Salem, NH
Cactus Music – Houston, TX
CD Central – Lexington, KY
CD City – Highland Park, IL
Cheapo Discs – St. Paul, MN
Darkside Records – Poughkeepsie, NY
Dearborn Music – Dearborn, MI
Disc & Dat – Bethel, CT
Down In The Valley – Golden Valley, MN
Drastic Plastic – Omaha, NE
Eagle Valley Musice & Comics – Minturn, CO
Earshot – Greenville, SC
Euclid Records – St. Louis, MO
Everyday Music – Portland, OR
Everyday Music – Seattle, WA
Flat Black and Circular – East Lansing, MI
Forever Young – Grand Prairie, TX
Graywhale – Salt Lake City, UT
Guestroom Records – Oklahoma City, OK
Homer’s – Omaha, NE
Independent Records – Colorado Springs, CO
Landlocked Music – Bloomington, IN
Lunchbox Records – Charlotte, NC
Mad City Music – Madison, WI
Main Street Music – Philadelphia, PA
Mills Record Company – Kansas City, MO
Monster Music – Charleston, SC
Moondog Music – Dubuque, IA
Music Millennium – Portland, OR
Music Saves – Cleveland, OH
Oz Music – Tuscaloosa, AL
Park Ave – Orlando, FL
Pure Pop – Burlington, VT
Record Exchange – Boise, ID
Rolling Stone – Norridge, IL
Saddle Creek SHOP – Omaha, NE
Salzer’s – Ventura, CA
Shake It Records – Cincinnati, OH
Silver Platters – Seattle, WA
Siren Records – Monterey, CA
Sonic Boom – Seattle, WA
Stinkweeds – Phoenix, AZ
ToneVENDOR – St. Augustine, FL
Twist & Shout – Denver, CO
Underground Sounds – Ann Arbor, MI
Vintage Vinyl – Fords, NJ
Von’s – West Lafayette, IN
Waiting Room Records – Normal, IL
Waterloo – Austin, TX
Zia Records – Phoenix, AZ
Zia Records – Tempe, AZ
Zia Records – Tucson, AZ
Zia Records – Las Vegas, NV
