Sargeant X Comrade is a Canadian soul music duo from Calgary, Alberta,Matt Bobkin, "Sargeant X Comrade and Kool Keith Blast Off in "Romance in Outer Space" Video". Exclaim!, January 13, 2021. whose full-length debut album Magic Radio was a longlisted nominee for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize.Moledy Lau, "Kathleen Edwards, Mustafa, Tobi and more make the 2021 Polaris Music Prize long list". CBC Music, June 15, 2021.
The band was formed in the early 2010s by vocalist Yolanda Sargeant and producer Evgeniy "Comrade" Bykovets.Thomas Quinlan, "Sargeant & Comrade: Salvage the Soul EP". Exclaim!, May 8, 2014. They released the EP Salvage the Soul in 2014, and followed up with a number of singles before releasing Magic Radio in 2020.Eric Volmers, "Calgary duo Sargeant and Comrade 'dig into the crates' to pay homage to those who came before". SaltWire Network, June 17, 2020. The album's single "Romance in Outer Space" features a rap cameo by Kool Keith.
In addition to their Polaris nomination, they received two Western Canadian Music Award nominations in 2021, for Breakout Artist of the Year and Rap & Hip-Hop Artist of the Year.Brock Thiessen, "Western Canadian Music Awards Unveils Its 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, May 18, 2021.
Sargeant also performed vocals on "Hold Me Up", a 2020 single by producer Hello Moth.Matt Bobkin, "Hello Moth and Yolanda Sargeant Join Forces for 'Hold Me Up'". Exclaim!, November 1, 2020.
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