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Checkpoint Charlie

from Checkpoint Charlie (single Ep) by The City Gates

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1st song of our forthcoming Ep

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-" The City Gates’ simmers within a delicious melting pot of shoegaze, psych & lo-fi rock with aplomb”.
NEW VIDEO PREMIERE The City Gates : On the Road – Primal Music Blog

-"Ingenious combination of indie rock, dream pop and shoegaze. Their forthcoming Ep will cause a big, amazing, awesome, stir”.
The Sanctuary – Episode IV – Primal Radio

-"Recent classic from The City Gates".
New Tracks Weekend, November 27-29 – DKFM Shoegaze Radio

-Algo sofisticado, não tão barulhento e nunca etéreo, talvez se o MBV tivesse como vocalista o Lloyd Cole [...]The City Gates forma a trinca de preciosidades de Montreal. Belíssimo.
Collapse with The City Gates - An Interview – The Blog that Celebrates Itself

-"The City Gates will satisfy your every shoegaze craving".
Tracks You Need to Know About – Joe Shoegazer-Shoegazer Sanctuary

-My favourite tracks heard on Soundclound throughout 2015.
Best of 2015 -Dean Shoegazer Bromley

-Checkpoint Charlie est une excellente pièce. Excellent virage pour The City Gates.
Simon Bolduc, Mantra, (CISM, 89,3)

-“By using guitars with lots of fuzz, reverb, and delay pedals, the band creates an incredibly beautiful ambient and energetic sound”. Antidote’s Picks for Canadian Music Week – Justin Lam, Antidotes Magazine

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from Checkpoint Charlie (single Ep), track released November 1, 2015
-Recorded and mixed by The City Gates & Gautier Marinof in May 2015
-Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering

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The City Gates Montreal, Québec

Hailing from Montréal, post-punk-gaze outfit The City Gates returns with their awaited LP "Age of Resilience" via Icy Cold Records and their own imprint Velouria Recordz.
“By using guitars with lots of fuzz, reverb, and delay pedals, the band creates an incredibly beautiful ambient and energetic sound”- Antidotes Magazine

TCG shared stages with Trisomie 21, APTBS, Actors, Nothing and more. ... more

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