Alberta Cross - Taking Control

Band Members
Petter Ericson Stakee
Terry Wolfers
Sam Kearney
Austin Beede
Alec Higgins

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The lead single of Alberta Cross' latest release – due November 23 from Ark Records – 'Taking Control' does exactly what the title says. It’s just over three minutes of fuzzy guitars, pounding drums and Petter Ericson Stakee’s wavering vocals howling like a broken man on his last leg.

The sound of the song is big, and Stakee’s voice has an earnestness to it that makes it immediately catching. It almost sounds like a Ryan Adams song if he had a bigger band behind him. There’s not a lot of variance to the vocals, but take a look back at rock history, and one finds that’s never been a hamper to great music.

The last minute is the most epic, when the drums bang like train wheels, the guitars swell and the lyrics float above it all. After 'Taking Control' there’s no option of going back to the band’s acoustic-rock roots, and that’s completely fine.


Review by Clarke Reader


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