Today's Track - The Rural Alberta Advantage: "Don't Haunt This Place"

I can't recall exactly where I first heard of this band. Hmmm. Probably Pitchfork. Well, I've heard a fair bit about them since - hailing from Canada, the band wrote their debut 'Hometowns' early last year and, throughout the remainder of the year, copies of the album floated around the streets and web. However, Saddle Creek will be officially releaseing the album in July. The band sing about, without too much guesswork involved, the advantage of growing up in Alberta (once again, without hours of interpretation and analysis, a largely rural town). Without the drums, this song would be a generally Whitney-esque ballad (read: boring). However, we don't need to stress; the drums are there, play after play. They add something, something enchanting, to the song. Apart from causing it to sound faster than it would otherwise, their inclusion highlights the other elements of the song - the organ, string arrangement, harmonies - and make them more interesting. Why, though? I don't know; this theory doesn't make much sense to me, either.
The female backing vocals too are great, and cause this song to bear a slight resemblance to the Decemberists' 'Yankee Bayonet', with Laura Veirs - which can only be a good thing, given the huge number of plays it's recieved on my itunes.
I don't think it'll be long until 'Don't Haunt This Place' catches up, though.