Introducing Trust

Name: Trust
From: Toronto, Ontario
Story: Stadium-sized electro-goth moods
Sound: Like a goth-ier, doom-ier, dude-ier Austra

Trust are a duo from Toronto. They're halved by Maya Postepski, known to many these days as member of Austra; and Robert Alfons, who serves as veritable 'frontman,' singing in a gnarled, constricted croon. They make big, booming, gothed-out electro music, with eyeliner-caked types like Depeche Mode and D.A.F. serving as legit spiritual influences (and, well, obviously they really love The Knife, too).

Trust share management and vibes with screechy electro duo Crystal Castles, and found an audience opening for electro-ish acts like Zola Jesus, Glass Candy, Hercules and Love Affair, and Washed Out. After releasing a debut seven-inch, "Candy Walls," on Sacred Bones last year, Trust signed to Canada's biggest indie label, Arts and Crafts (home of Broken Social Scene, Feist, Timber Timbre, etc) for their debut LP.

Due out February 28, their self-titled album is filled with monstrous synths, booming grandeur, and gothic pallor; erecting stadium-sized electronic anthems that balance bright keyboard sounds with thematic darkness. Where so many of the many electro-goth-ish acts arising in recent years have been doused in degraded-tape sounds and distancing effects, Trust synth out big and clean and near-slick.

It's an accessible sound that feels like it's hit exactly the right revivalist note; with Trust looming as one of 2012's likely breakout bands.

• Listen: Trust, "Bulbform"
• Visit: Trust on Myspace (if you dare)