Imaginary Cities | |
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Origin | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
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Years active | 2010–2016 |
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Past members | Rusty Matyas Marti Sarbit |
Imaginary Cities was a Canadian indie pop duo based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The project consisted of multi-instrumentalist Rusty Matyas, formerly of the Waking Eyes and a sometime collaborator of the Weakerthans, and vocalist Marti Sarbit. [1]
Matyas and Sarbit began collaborating in 2010. That year, they played a few live shows and began to record tracks for an album. In 2011, they continued performing, at first serving as the opening band for more established groups. [2]
Their debut album, Temporary Resident, was released in 2011 on the Hidden Pony label; [3] [4] it went on to top Canada's campus radio charts. [1] That year, the band won a Western Canada Music Award for Best Pop Album of the Year [5] and was subsequently named as a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize. [6] To support the album, they played several dates in Eastern Canada and the US [7] as an opening act for Pixies. [1]
Imaginary Cities performed at a number of pop festivals, including the 2013 NXNE, [8] and gained a following in Germany. [9] The band released their second album, Fall of Romance, in May 2013. [10] [11] Fall of Romance was produced, engineered, and mixed by Howard Redekopp, who has also worked with Tegan and Sara, the New Pornographers, and Mother Mother. [12]
In 2014, they collaborated with Porter Robinson on his song " Hear the Bells". In the same year, Matyas toured with The Sheepdogs as a guitarist following the departure of Leot Hanson from that band. [13]
Imaginary Cities stopped performing and recording in 2016. [14] Sarbit launched the new band Lanikai the following year. [15] Matyas suffered from alcoholism-related liver disease in 2017 [16] and spent some time recovering before reemerging in 2021 with the solo project Rusty Robot. [17]
Imaginary Cities | |
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Origin | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Genres | |
Years active | 2010–2016 |
Labels |
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Past members | Rusty Matyas Marti Sarbit |
Imaginary Cities was a Canadian indie pop duo based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The project consisted of multi-instrumentalist Rusty Matyas, formerly of the Waking Eyes and a sometime collaborator of the Weakerthans, and vocalist Marti Sarbit. [1]
Matyas and Sarbit began collaborating in 2010. That year, they played a few live shows and began to record tracks for an album. In 2011, they continued performing, at first serving as the opening band for more established groups. [2]
Their debut album, Temporary Resident, was released in 2011 on the Hidden Pony label; [3] [4] it went on to top Canada's campus radio charts. [1] That year, the band won a Western Canada Music Award for Best Pop Album of the Year [5] and was subsequently named as a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize. [6] To support the album, they played several dates in Eastern Canada and the US [7] as an opening act for Pixies. [1]
Imaginary Cities performed at a number of pop festivals, including the 2013 NXNE, [8] and gained a following in Germany. [9] The band released their second album, Fall of Romance, in May 2013. [10] [11] Fall of Romance was produced, engineered, and mixed by Howard Redekopp, who has also worked with Tegan and Sara, the New Pornographers, and Mother Mother. [12]
In 2014, they collaborated with Porter Robinson on his song " Hear the Bells". In the same year, Matyas toured with The Sheepdogs as a guitarist following the departure of Leot Hanson from that band. [13]
Imaginary Cities stopped performing and recording in 2016. [14] Sarbit launched the new band Lanikai the following year. [15] Matyas suffered from alcoholism-related liver disease in 2017 [16] and spent some time recovering before reemerging in 2021 with the solo project Rusty Robot. [17]