TRUST Premiere First Single ‘Rescue, Mister’ via Pitchfork
TRUST is the musical project of Toronto artist Robert Alfons. Following on from his 2012 Juno-nominated debut LP TRST, Joyland will be released in Australia and New Zealand on March 7 via Create/Control|Arts & Crafts.
After years of extensive touring, and garnering glowing praise from top international critics at Pitchfork, VICE, and The Guardian UK, ‘Rescue, Mister’ is the first taste of the forthcoming second LP as premiered via Pitchfork.
Joyland is an eruption of guts, eels, and joy.
Praise For Trust:
"'Rescue, Mister' features a slightly clarified sound compared to TRST's grinding grit, with some impressive vocal acrobatics from Alfons.” - Pitchfork
"'Rescue, Mister' is harder and clubbier and more concrete than anything on TRST, but it keeps some fundamental darkness intact.” -Stereogum
"'Rescue, Mister' proves that Alfons's lost none of his synth craftmanship, sending disco-pop through a crazed, futuregasm vortex.” - This is Fake DIY
“Moody, skulking pop that reminisces downcast ’80s dance at its best.” - FADER
"Trust, is another one of those breaking Canadian acts that seems to have appeared fully-formed with a heap of brilliant, deviant, electronically infused tracks" - NOISEY
“An album you should listen to. No ifs, no buts" - Vogue
"the sort of gloomy synthpop that’ll make you want to smoke cigarettes, rim your eyes with kohl and dance jerkily in the dark basement of a Berlin warehouse." - NME
"mix of Depeche Mode-esque synth riffs mixed with Alfons's murky baritone." - The Guardian [UK]
Joyland track listing:
1. Slightly Floating
2. Geryon
3. Capitol
4. Joyland
5. Are We Arc?
6. Icabod
7. Four Gut
8. Rescue, Mister
9. Lost Souls/Eelings
10. Peer Pressure
11. Barely
Trust's Joyland is out in Australia and New Zealand on March 7 via Create/Control|Arts & Crafts
