Trust (Canadian band)
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Performing at The Pinhook in Durham on April 15, 2014
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Synthpop, dark wave |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | Sacred Bones, Arts & Crafts |
| Associated acts | Austra |
| Website | dressedforspace |
| Members | Robert Alfons Anne Gauthier (live) Esther Munits (live) |
| Past members | Maya Postepski |
Trust (often stylised as TR/ST) is a Canadian synthpop music group from Toronto, formed 2010. The band is signed to the Arts & Crafts record label. Their full-length debut album, TRST, was released on 28 February 2012.
History
Origin
The band was formed by Robert Alfons[1] (of Winnipeg) and Maya Postepski[1] (also of the band Austra). The pair met in late 2009, started writing songs together,[2] and formed the band in January 2010.[3] The duo insist that they are more than just an Austra side project.[4]
TRST
The band released their single "Candy Walls" in 2011 on Brooklyn imprint Sacred Bones Records.[5] On the strength of this seven-inch release, they were signed in 2011 to record label Arts & Crafts.[6]
They released their first full length album TRST 28 February 2012 on the Arts & Crafts label.[7]
Critic Luis-Enrique Arrazola of the National Post said (of their Toronto release party), "Trust gave an outstanding performance proving that they're an act worthy of all the hype. With a set far past midnight, they're the perfect ending to a wild night in the city, taking you on a relentless trip through a set list dripping with sexual tension before winding down to the last pulses of the synthesizer."[8]
Larry Fitzmaurice of Pitchfork Media rated the album 7.4 out of 10 saying "...I quite like Alfons' voice; it has a slithering, grimy quality to it that increases the raunch-factor on particularly dirty-sounding tracks like "Shoom" and "Bulbform", and when he struts his stuff on "Sulk" and "Dressed for Space", he sounds like the kind of personality-heavy singer indie culture's been hesitant to embrace over the last few years."[9] It was listed at number eight on Insound's Top Albums of 2012[10] and at number thirty-seven on Under the Radar's Top 50 Albums of 2012.[11]
After the TRST tour Postepski left to focus on Austra.[12][13]
Joyland
Joyland was released March 2014. The album received generally favorable reviews and debuted at No. 12 of Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[14]
Discography
- Studio albums
- Singles
- "Candy Walls" (2011)
- "Bulbform" (2011)
- "Sulk" (2012)
- "Dressed for Space" (2012)
- "Heaven" (2013)
- "Rescue, Mister" (2014)
- "Capitol" (2014)
- "Are We Arc?" (2014)
- "Slug" (2015)
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