The Rural Alberta Advantage played Mercury Lounge in NYC (pics & setlist)

by Jacob Blickenstaff

The Rural Alberta Advantage played to a sold-out crowd at the Mercury Lounge on Wednesday January 13th. The band previewed their upcoming album, Departing in its entirety (out March 1st on Saddle-Creek Records), playing each side of the new album as a mini-set with songs from ‘Hometown’ at the beginning, middle and end of the performance. The band ended the evening with the appropriate ‘Good Night’, snaking their way into the audience to sing from the benches along the wall. Soft Landing opened.

If you missed it, the band heads back out on tour in March. Tickets are still on sale for the shows at Bowery Ballroom on March 10 and Knitting Factory on March 12th.

More pictures from the full setlist from the Merc show below…

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Soft Landing

The Rural Alberta Advantage

THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE – Setlist:
Luciana
Rush Apart
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‘Side A’
Two Lovers
The Breakup
Under the Knife
Muscle Relaxants
North Star
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Don’t Haunt this Place
Edmonton
Frank, AB
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‘Side B’
Stamp
Tornado ’87
Barnes’ Yard
Coldest Days
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Drain The Blood
In The Summertime
The Dethbridge in Lethbridge
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Good Night