The New Trust

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Depending on which part of its story you choose to focus on, The New Trust is either extremely straightforward or tantalizingly complex. In one corner, the co-ed band from Santa Rosa—located about 55 miles north of San Francisco—plays unpretentious, fired-up indie-rock songs that bring to mind the mid-’90s heyday (think Boilermaker, Knapsack, early Promise Ring, etc.), are catchy as all get-out, and rarely reach the three-minute mark. In the other is a European tour the band booked only a year after it formed, lyrics that quote Jermaine Stewart’s “We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off” while dissing religion and championing a DIY lifestyle, and a guitarist who originally thought her six-string would be used to sing her future kids to sleep.

“My goal was someday I would at least be good enough to play ‘Puff The Magic Dragon’ to our children,” says Sara Sanger, who happens to be the wife of singer-bassist Josh Staples, who also handles The Velvet Teen’s low end. To some, their married-and-in-a-band arrangement is another oddity, but it’s hard to get anyone in the band to see it that way—in fact, Sanger would probably still be completely focused on her photography if it wasn’t for Staples’ encouragement. “Josh was so serious, and such an optimist—he doesn’t do anything unless he knows that it’s going to happen. I didn’t realize that for a long time. I just thought, ‘Oh, this is just something he’s doing for his wife to make me feel better.’”

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TotaIIyRadd wrote:
last month

phenomenal

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CheMiRacconti wrote:
September 2009

I love youuuu New Trust!

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Luginess wrote:
April 2009

Not Bad =) The Femal vocal is X.x other than that <3

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MCManoos wrote:
February 2009

Incredibly under appreciated. Love the sounds. I can listen to "Chill the Fuck Out" over and over.

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Milkman519 wrote:
February 2009

The fact that my shout that I posted last June is still on the front page just supports the fact that The New Trust is the most unappreciated band in the music industry. There is no reason a band that produces so many genius songs should be this unknown.

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lac3 wrote:
December 2008

aww man.. weaksauce that nobodys stopped here for a while, these guys fuckin rule, more people need there lives changed by these tunes

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BlackSessions wrote:
November 2008

+1

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sappyswami wrote:
October 2008

The show in Berkeley last night was awesome. Man, TNT never disappoints.

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16N0R4N7 wrote:
June 2008

Best band i've seen play in a basement... awesome show in Tijuana w/Ampere despite the Tijuana's bands =)

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Milkman519 wrote:
June 2008

Way underrated.

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Mannequentin wrote:
May 2008

i love I'm A Sucker For Backwards Drums so much.

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weakchireborned wrote:
April 2008

i found this band in an issue of alternative press. i'm so fuckin thrilled by their sound. can anyone please get me some tracks. I'm from Portugal and it's almost impossible to get their music. Can you boys and girl give me a help? Thanks.

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serenityL0ST wrote:
March 2007

I just saw these guys last night with Ambulette. I can't stop listening!

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Theedgerob wrote:
March 2007

I accidentally stumbled onto this band but I don't regret it! Wow! I'm in awe at some of these lyrics

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tlatzotzontli wrote:
January 2007

Agreed. The new album is amazing. And the vinyl is so fuckin rad.

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osker33 wrote:
January 2007

new album=wow

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oedneil wrote:
May 2006

This band is so good!

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