MARCO'S TOP ALBUMS OF 2012 - #7 (Part 17 of 23)

Imagine that the world did end on the 21st of December, and that in a post-apocalyptic future present the ghosts of Depeche Mode, Cocteau Twins and Die Form merged to create new music. That's how personally envision the creative process behind TRUST's debut album, cryptically called 'TRST', which we find today at the #7 of our countdown.

Born from meeting of Robert Alfons with Maya Postepsky, already known for her duties in yet another band, Austra, this Canadian duo (yes, another Canadian band... they must have gold up there) pretty much shows all the struggling synth-/electrogoth bands how it's done, managing at the same time to escape the goth ghetto and get mainstream media recognition: something that this genre hasn't fully experienced since the 80's, and the glory days of the three "untouchables" I mentioned at the start of this small review.

The 80's feel is definitely here, but the production is modern, robust, keeping the whole album in perfect sync with the zeitgeist, while the band is able to craft a fine example of songwriting after the other, all of this while Alfons keeps on singing with his very peculiar style: as Pitchfork put, he does indeed sound like the kind of personality-heavy singer indie culture's been hesitant to embrace over the last few years.

The band is now at work on their second album, and I have high hopes for it... in fact, I'm almost sure I'll rank them even higher next year.

Suggested listening: "Dressed For Space", "Bulbform", "Sulk", "Shoom".