Биография "The New Cities"
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The band has released three singles from their debut album Lost in City Lights; «Dead End Countdown», «Leaders of the Misled» and «Hypertronic Superstar». The three singles have been followed by the release of a fourth official video in December 2010 for «Looks Minus Substance». The second full length album is currently being mixed and is expected to be released in September 2011. The first single called «Heatwave» has been released on June 16, 2011. It make use of a melody from the song Tarzan Boy, popularized in 1985 by Baltimora.
The band recorded their first EP album with producer Steve Nadeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in early 2006. They independently released it under the name «The New Cities EP» a few months later and started touring Canada. The band met producer Greig Nori in the spring of 2006 and started working with him on new material which led to signing a record deal with Sony Music Canada.
Following their signing with Sony Music Canada, the band released their first full length album Lost in City Lights in May 2009.
Their debut single Dead End Countdown peaked at #16 on the Canadian Hot 100, won the 2010 SOCAN Pop/Rock Music Award and was nominated in 2 categories at the Canadian Radio Music Awards.
The New Cities’ second single «Leaders Of The Misled» was featured in the TV movie Degrassi Takes Manhattan, part of Season 9 of the tv series Degrassi: The Next Generation. The track «Lost in City Lights» was featured in the third season of Gossip Girl.
TNC has toured with acts such as Simple Plan, Hedley, Marianas Trench, ILL Scarlett, Mobile, Faber Drive and Ten Second Epic. They have opened for major acts such as The Black Eyed Peas, Katy Perry, NIN, Sum 41 and Metric. They have also toured the UK twice and France in the winter of 2009-2010.
