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The members of Little City grew up in the close suburbs and not-as-close rural reaches of the larger Toronto area, eventually meeting through university or music or mutual friends. They formed in the heart of the city not to mimic the scene, but to refine a craft that merges the brains of their complex instrumentation and words with the comfort and beauty of pop’s sensibilities. Each member has written, performed, and recorded in numerous projects, but none have yielded the rewarding creative input or output that Little City has achieved in a short period of time.
With a reverence and fascination for recreating often-overlooked classic pop sounds and their youth’s innate inclination towards modern indie and folk-rock structures, Little City lay conspicuous and skillful claim to influences ranging from veterans Fleetwood Mac and Paul Simon to contemporaries Wilco and the Arcade Fire. Little City is working through the winter to perfect their songs with renowned Canadian producer/engineer Laurence Currie (Sloan, Hey Rosetta!, Holy Fuck), and have found an ally in his fine-tuned ear as he cultivates the sound that owes as much to the past as it does to the present—not unlike the sharp lyrical accounts of the clarity and reflection specific to young adulthood (“Lincoln Learning French”), assembling hard-sought fragments of life and home (“Bright Glow”), and putting bygones to bed (“Rise Up”).
Little City is an ode to the lost and the found, not only in music, but in inspiration, in motivation, and in self.
With a reverence and fascination for recreating often-overlooked classic pop sounds and their youth’s innate inclination towards modern indie and folk-rock structures, Little City lay conspicuous and skillful claim to influences ranging from veterans Fleetwood Mac and Paul Simon to contemporaries Wilco and the Arcade Fire. Little City is working through the winter to perfect their songs with renowned Canadian producer/engineer Laurence Currie (Sloan, Hey Rosetta!, Holy Fuck), and have found an ally in his fine-tuned ear as he cultivates the sound that owes as much to the past as it does to the present—not unlike the sharp lyrical accounts of the clarity and reflection specific to young adulthood (“Lincoln Learning French”), assembling hard-sought fragments of life and home (“Bright Glow”), and putting bygones to bed (“Rise Up”).
Little City is an ode to the lost and the found, not only in music, but in inspiration, in motivation, and in self.
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Canadian Music Fest 2012
Downtown Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Mar 24 CMF The Silver Dollar, Toronto ON, Canada
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yookyook added Little City to the lineup of CMF at The Silver Dollar. Saturday morning
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ephraimellis and gizmil added Little City to their libraries. 17 days ago
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yookyook added Little City to the lineup of Canadian Music Fest 2012 at Downtown Toronto. December 2011
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yookyook added Little City to the lineup of Little City at 918 Bathurst. December 2011
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muffinpuffin linked Little City to 3minots. December 2011
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redinthebeard added Little City to redinthebeard’s library. November 2011
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Ballinteer added Little City to the lineup of Little City at Magpie. October 2011
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yookyook added Little City to the lineup of North by Northeast 2011 (NXNE) at Downtown Toronto. May 2011
