The Coast (band)
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| The Coast | |
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| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Indie rock |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Label(s) | Aporia Records Afternoon Records |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| Benjamin Spurr Ian Fosbery Luke Melchiorre Jordan Melchiorre |
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The Coast is a Canadian indie rock group, based in Toronto, Ontario. The Coast is Ben Spurr (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Ian Fosbery (guitar, keyboards, vocals), and twin brothers Luke (bass, vocals) and Jordan Melchiorre (drums).
The band was originally named The July 26th Movement, and released an EP titled Take a Walk Outside in July 2004.[1] The band opted to change their name to The Coast, after the Paul Simon song of the same name[2] (found on Simon's album The Rhythm of the Saints). The band's influences include The Verve, U2, New Order, and The Smiths.
The Coast released their self-titled EP in Canada in March 2006, and in the US in May 2007. The Coast has toured with the likes of Elbow, The French Kicks, Tokyo Police Club (who also provided a remix of The Coast's song "Tightrope" in 2008), Islands, The Duke Spirit, Ra Ra Riot, The Virgins, and Chairlift. The band was touted as one of the acts to watch in 2008 by Canada's national music monthly Exclaim! and Toronto's Eye Weekly. The band signed to Aporia Records in late 2007 and recorded their debut full-length album Expatriate. The album was released on April 1, 2008 in Canada, on August 19, 2008 in the US (digitally), February 2, 2009 in the UK, and May 5, 2009 on CD in the US. Nationwide tours of Canada and the States followed.
Expatriate was produced by Chris Stringer (We're Marching On, Ohbijou). In an interview, Ian Fosbery said: "An expatriate is a person who is not from this country and we started to feel like because we're always on the road and we're not always around, we'd come home and it's a really weird feeling, like you feel out of place."[3]
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Expatriate (April 1, 2008, Aporia Records)
[edit] Singles & EPs
- The Coast (EP) (March 7, 2006, self-released/Aporia Records)
- "Tightrope" b/w "Tightrope" (Tokyo Police Club Remix) single (June 24, 2008, Magnificent Sevens Records)
