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Alberta Cross Biography

Alberta Cross
Petter grew up listening to folk and blues, traveling from an early age with his singer-songwriter father between Sweden and England before settling in London 7 years ago. In stark contrast, Terry Wolfers spent his formative years in the urban landscape and terraced houses of grey North East London. But even with such different backgrounds, they separately developed a love of almost identical records from a young age. It was these albums - rootsy gospel, blues and soul and classics such as The Band, Van Morrison and Leonard Cohen – that they bonded over in the smoky poorly lit boozers of London’s East End. They instantly clicked as song-writing partners, adding a contemporary take on these seminal influences that invokes elements of The White Stripes and The Shins. The result is a sound that is inspired by Laurel Canyon circa 1969 but shaped by East London 2007.

“We do this or we don’t do anything,” says Terry of their desire to get their music out. “You do feel pressure to get a career started. That’s when your life is really going to begin.” Petter elaborates about the need to “Knuckle down and make the band fantastic. It’s a battle against weak verses and big choruses and we want to make classic albums, not albums with four singles and a bunch of fillers”.

Alberta Cross Tickets


At In On Time  

BRISTOL

The Cooler

Wed, 11/11/200919.30Buy Tickets

LEEDS

The Cockpit 3

Thu, 12/11/200919.00Buy Tickets

MANCHESTER

Ruby Lounge

Sun, 15/11/200919.30Buy Tickets

BIRMINGHAM

O2 Academy3 Birmingham

Mon, 16/11/200919.00Buy Tickets




The Latest News

ALBERTA CROSS has been announced as the opening act for OASIS on their next arena tour. In 2007 the....
01/10/2008



Festivals

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival ihas been held at Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California, United States....
17/04/2009



Video and Audio

Alberta Cross, Lucy Rider Video and Information
ALBERTA CROSS, LUCY RIDER VIDEO AND INFORMATION
To celebrate the impending release of Alberta Cross' EP 'The Thief & the Heartbreaker on October 20th 2008 we have the video for the track Lucy...
14/10/2008

Alberta Cross, Lucy Rider Video
Alberta Cross, Leave Us Or Forgive Us Video and Information
ALBERTA CROSS, LEAVE US OR FORGIVE US VIDEO AND INFORMATION
Alberta Cross release the 'Leave Us Or Forgive Us' EP on 22nd October 2007, the follow-up to their acclaimed debut mini-album 'The Thief &....
29/10/2007

Alberta Cross, Leave Us Or Forgive Us Video
Alberta Cross Hard Breaks video
ALBERTA CROSS, HARD BREAKS - VIDEO
Label - Geffen
27/10/2007





Reviews

Review of Alberta Cross' album Broken Side Of Time released through Ark Recordings. A couple years ago it....
21/09/2009
EP review for The Thief and the Heartbreaker by Alberta Cross released through Ark Recordings. New....
05/11/2008



Interviews

Interview with Alberta Cross September 2009. After a summer of playing all the major festivals, Brooklyn....
28/09/2009






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