In the City
Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Established. Jan 01, 2015
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CBC Radio's Here and Now interview with In the City for their song of the week showcase. - CBC Radio
Toronto, ON-based pop-folk duo, In The City is made up of Ashley Jane and Timon Wientzek. Today, we are happy to aid them in unveiling their debut video for their single, “Best Time”.
The band shares on the video,
“We wanted to create a video that celebrates life – both its everyday moments and big momentous occasions. Our amazingly talented director, Anna Maguire, came up with the concept that involved our band playing in front of projected home videos from lots of different families. We received submissions from all over the world and feel honored to include these precious memories in our music video.”
Take a listen to “Best Time” below and find out more about In The City via our Five Questions With segment. - Canadian Beats
Discography
Changing Tides EP - released November 2016
MaryAnn EP - release date set for March 2019
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Sometimes, bad times help us remember better times.
It's a circuitous path to happiness, to be sure. But it's the one taken by Toronto pop-folk duo In the City on their new EP ‘MaryAnn’.
Although it was inspired by the untimely and unexpected death of singer Ashley Jane's mother last year, the songs choose to celebrate life rather than mourn loss.
"I was really grappling with the idea of grieving for someone you've lost and how you can get really swept up in the tragedy of it," explains Jane, who splits musical duties with multi-instrumentalist and studio whiz Timon Wientzek. “The storyteller in me wanted to reclaim the narrative of my mom’s death.”
Bold and ambitious, mature and dynamic, ‘MaryAnn’ heralds the next stage in the autonomous young duo's rapid evolution as songwriters with exceptional chemistry and a unique approach.
They found that groove when they found each other some four years ago. Singer-songwriter and former documentary producer Jane was with a non-profit that empowered kids through music. Composer Wientzek worked in the studio where they were recording. Their backgrounds were diverse — she grew up twirling in a backyard skating rink as Joni Mitchell, the Rankin Family, Fleetwood Mac and Shania Twain blasted from outdoor speakers housed in Tupperware to thwart squirrels; he absorbed the sounds of everyone from Bon Jovi and Limp Bizkit to Radiohead and even Backstreet Boys ("I really enjoyed the production and the harmonies," he swears). Ultimately, their differences proved to be great strengths.
They made that apparent on their 2016 EP Changing Tides. Assembled in Wientzek's home studio, its beautiful melodies, emotionally resonant narratives and soft cinematic sonics won over the Canadian film and TV industry. Their music has been showcased on CBC's Heartland, Kim’s Convenience and Workin’ Moms, along with commercials and award-winning independent films that have screened at TIFF, WIFF and more. Last year, they completed a songwriting residency with the Slaight Family Music Lab at Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Centre.
"I think it's just such an exciting time to be an artist,Jane says. "Because you can kind of make your own rules... We do everything ourselves. We record ourselves, we produce the songs ourselves. It's the two of us in a room. There's so much autonomy we have with our sound and with the choices we make. And we're charting a course that feels unconventional — finding an online audience and doing things our way. Whatever road embraces us, we're going to run with it."
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