Alberta Cross

Despite their name suggesting otherwise, Alberta Cross actually hail not from Canada but from the United Kingdom, specifically London, where frontman Petter Erickson Stakee found himself living after upping sticks from his native Uppsala, Sweden. He met bassist and co-founder of Alberta Cross, Terry Wolfers, at a bar in Shoreditch in the early noughties, and by 2005, Alberta Cross had been born; they signed a deal with Fiction Records after playing only four live shows. The debut full-length that resulted, Broken Side of Time, met with strong reviews across the board and both satisfied the band’s already existing cult fanbase and won them a legion of new followers, too. They followed that up in 2012 with Songs of Patience, and despite a less favourable critical reception than last time out, the band still toured the world with an expanded lineup, playing thrillingly energetic shows across the globe. Since then, it appears that Wolfers has departed the band in order to begin work on a debut solo record, but Stakee continues to use the Alberta Cross name - now describing the band as himself and friends - so look out for more dates son, around the time album number three sees the light of day.