Alberta Cross - ATX [Single] (2009)

There are very few album releases that I have anxiously anticipated more than Alberta Cross' first full-length LP, Broken Side of Time... Chinese Democracy is certainly an example. At this point, I have used and abused both of AC's EP releases—Leave Us Or Forgive Us and The Thief & The Heartbreaker—nearly to the point of delirium. Accordingly, I was exponentially stoked when the new track, "ATX," was posted on Alberta Cross' MySpace page recently. The track cranks the AC sound and style up a few notches with reverberating guitar riffs and rumbling bass, that is somewhat similar to Kings of Leon when they lay down some hard rock. This is not the folky, country rooted Alberta Cross from the aforementioned 07/08 EPs, but the guitar driven, hard rocking Cross that (apparently) releases full-length albums. Perhaps a foreshadowing of what to expect, but I hope that this extremely talented quintet does a little bit of everything on the album to be... it has been too long my friends!

Check out this solid shot of AC's South by Southwest performance of "ATX." The album, Broken Side of Time, is slated to be released on September 22nd, but I won't hold my breath...