We Are the City – RIP
Vancouver-based indie pop trio We Are The City are releasing their fifth studio album RIP on January 24th. The collection is expected to be a more sonically-driven, prog-pop experience, showcasing the band’s maturity and evolution in the genre of indie pop.
From the record is the lead single and title track “RIP”, a heartfelt goodbye to a close childhood friend of band, Kyle Tubbs. Almost two years ago on January 26, 2018, Tubbs passed away from a fentanyl overdose, and frontman Cayne McKenzie re-worked a song he had originally started writing as an ode to their fading friendship. Four months later, Tubbs passing brought an entirely new meaning to the song.
The song’s slow-burning synthesizers makes way for McKenzie’s passionate whisper to share his heartfelt lyrics and haunting emotions. You can hear his raw delivery with the lyrics “Thank you, man. I’m sorry, man / I can see you everywhere, I can see you in everything”
Listen to the single below:
As well, the band are heading on a European tour (dates below), and have launched a pop-up space in Vancouver: “This is a store where nothing is for sale,” says the band. “This is a free and open space for any artist, passerby or person needing a place to belong. Free internet. Free coffee. Cheap drinks. A month long concert series curated by We Are The City with all proceeds going right back to the artists playing. This has been a dream of ours, to pour whatever resources we have into a tangible space for our fans to experience over multiple weeks. This is for our immediate community, to encourage our city blocks, our neighbourhoods, our internet communities. A thank you. An offering.”
The RIP Store will be live streamed on Youtube 24/7.
Tour dates:
WE ARE THE CITY – 2020 EUROPEAN TOUR
Feb 19 2020 – DE, Dresden, Ostpol
Feb 20 2020 – AT, Vienna, B72
Feb 21 2020 – AT, Steyr, Roeda
Feb 22 2020 – AT, Weyer, Bertholdssaal
Feb 24 2020 – DE, Munich, Milla
Feb 26 2020 – CZ, Prague, Palace Akropolis
Feb 28 2020 – CH, Baden, Werkk
Feb 29 2020 – DE, Mainz, Schon Schoen
Mar 01 2020 – NL, Utrecht, Club 9
Mar 02 2020 – UK, London, The Grace
Mar 04 2020 – BE, Antwerpen, Trix
Mar 05 2020 – DE, Dortmund, Tyde Studios
Mar 06 2020 – DE, Hamburg, Molotow
Mar 07 2020 – DK, Copenhagen, Vega (Ideal Bar)
Mar 08 2020 – DE, Berlin, Musik & Frieden
