Alberta Cross were a band with one member from Sweden and one from England who met in a bar in Shoreditch, until the Englishman (Terry Wolfers) left the band in 2013, meaning the only permanent member is Petter Ericson Stakee (and some friends, according to the Facebook page). They’ve been around a surprisingly long while, forming away back in the dark days of 2005. Perhaps their longevity explains why I feel like I’ve heard them before in every family car advert ever.
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Their new offering ‘Ghost of Santa Fe’ is an indie-folk strumalong, that might be a little more exciting to listen to if I hadn’t heard this kind of song a million times before from different artists. The worst sin the song commits is going on too long. I was bored with it by the end to be honest, but that’s just my opinion. To summarise the song, the lyrics are nice, and Stakee is a good singer, and if you like indie-folk you’ll lap this up, but don’t expect anything terribly fresh or inventive that’s gonna change the musical landscape this generation.
Words by Gabriel Rutherford