Alberta Cross are a blues and country-influenced roots rock act drawing their sound from the foundation built by
the Band and
Neil Young. The London group's main members and songwriters are bassist
Terry Wolfers and vocalist/guitarist
Petter Eriksson Stakee, who as a child traveled with his singer/songwriter father. The full band includes
John Alexander Ericson (organ) and Seb Sternberg (drums). The self-produced EP
The Thief & the Heartbreaker was delivered through the prestigious U.K. label Fiction in May 2007.
Wolfers and
Eriksson Stakee moved to N.Y.C. after that, leading to some personnel changes.
Ericson and Sternberg were out, replaced by
Alec Higgins (keys), Austin Beede (drums), and Samuel Kearney (guitar). This lineup released
Broken Side of Time in 2009. In 2011, in anticipation of a forthcoming full-length release, the band released The Rolling Thunder EP, featuring the title track and the song "Wait."
Songs of Patience, the group's sophomore studio release, arrived the following year. In 2013,
Alberta Cross announced that
Wolfers had left the band and
Stakee would continue to perform with a crew of unofficial members. The group hit the studio in 2014 to begin recording an eponymous LP, which was released in October 2015 via Dine Alone Records. ~ Kenyon Hopkin