New City (band)

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NEW CITY (stylised in all caps) is a Canadian pop rock and electronic trio based in Toronto, Ontario – consisting of Chase Ellestad (vocals, piano, production), Jed Webster (guitar, production) and Nathan Brown (drums, production). The band previously included Adrian Mitchell (vocals), who left the group in 2019.

In 2017, NEW CITY released their first song, "Coachella", an homage to the music festival of the same name. The track has since amassed almost two million streams, including nearly 1.5 million streams on Spotify,^[1] with Clash magazine declaring it a "perfect pop confection."^[2] New City released a music video for the track,^[3] with the band channelling the party atmosphere of the desert festival – despite never having been.

The follow-up, the deep house-inflected "Dirty Secrets," was the most added CanCon single at Canadian pop radio on the week of release. The track entered the Canadian radio chart at number 22, jumping seven spots in two weeks and clearing four million streams. "With the irresistible pop sensibilities of New City," wrote Billboard,^[4] "they are a secret you'll want to share."