The Albertans

The Albertans formed in Vancouver, defects from Alberta, Saskatchewan, the U.S. They met as a collective, and piled into a propane-fueled converted short bus to tour to San Diego and back. They toured this way for the next 2 years. Unglamorously, crossing the continent to record in New York, playing shows with bands they didn't know, for people that didn't know them. They traveled 50,000 miles, hopped borders, broke down, and slept on the road. They collected fans, played festivals, left the homes they never had, and toured until their bus died on the wake of a road outside Duluth, Minnesota.