The City Above began when two formerly estranged, childhood friends reunited and overcame the initial awkwardness by getting back to what had made them close to begin with: writing songs.
Low Soul, the follow-up to the band's critically-acclaimed debut, has just been released and is available for download. Here's some shots from their recent show with Halifax's Dog Day and Louise Gloor of Ottawa.
Chartattack.com said the first album, Mongrel Comets, is “a little gem of woozy rock, guitars that shimmer, tastes of shoegaze and even a hint of early Yo La Tengo. It's a fresh sound among the current crop of bands in Ottawa.â€
Esteemed Ottawa blog www.iheartmusic.net had this to say about the first record: 'If there's a flaw with Mongrel Comets, it would be its length: at 73 minutes, it seems a bit long. But in this case, it's definitely a case of showing that it's not bad to have too much of a very good thing.'
The blog also called us 'one of Ottawa's must unjustly overlooked bands.'
'Albion Road Song' from the album was included by Fateema Sayani of The Ottawa Citizen on her end of year, '10 tracks you can't miss' list on Dec. 30, '06: "Winsome, down-on-my-luck neighbourhood tale is sung to tender, tear-stained guitar rock."
Ottawa's crack lensman and 1 gig goer Andrew Carver covered the gig we played with Daiquiri and Fucked Corpse.
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