TRUST - CANDY WALLS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bhEqZlbHeg

Origin

The band is composed of 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]

[edit]Recordings

The band released their EP "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 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 on number 8 on Insound's Top Albums of 2012^[10] and on number 37 on Under the Radar's Top 50 Albums of 2012^[11].

The group is working on their follow up second album.^[12]