This 2006 5RC Advantage record is the elf titled follow-up to their 2004 self-titled debut. This record wasn't always recorded, in fact it was recorded and elf produced recently in the spring of 2005. It all started when Slim Moon (elf made man and owner of 5rc records) decided to let the band help thems elves to another recording. After being evicted from their elf storage unit where the record was intended to be recorded, the future for The Advantage seemed hopeless. The members spent weeks over elf medicating and feeling sorry for thems elves, until a concerned parent gave the band an elf help book that pushed the band to elf realize the path ahead. It was now clear that the only chance for the band was to quit their elf-defense classes and record a bitchin' record in a real big time studio. With the addition of new elf taught guitarist Robby Moncrieff, the already elf determined band was ready to rumble.

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"While the tunes have a kitschy nostalgia appeal for listeners who were weaned on the games, the Advantage's approach is respectable, even reverential, toward the original source material."
THE NEW YORK TIMES

"mind-blowing"
THE VILLAGE VOICE

"impressive"
ALTERNATIVE PRESS

"You'll find few albums that are as hard-hitting, well-played and yet hilarious and fun. The punch-line here is a zinger, and reveals a lot about the 5RC brood: it took a translation of the 1980s MIDI songwriting of some corporate fellas in Japan to really spark the best in the agit-prog players in the current West coast scene."
STOP SMILING

"toe-tapping tuneage...it fills you with joy that this exists."
ROCK SOUND

"The Advantage play heavy, dynamic covers of Nintendo classics...the resulting geeked-out enthusiasm makes this a great album for headbangers and button-mashers alike."
PITCHFORK

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