The Coast

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 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 original influences included bands such as The Verve, New Order, and The Smiths, but in recent years their interests have become more influenced by their contemporaries.

The Coast released their self-titled EP in Canada in March 2006, and in the US in May 2007. The Coast has shared the stage with the likes of Elbow, The French Kicks, Tokyo Police Club (who also provided a remix of The Coast's song "Tightrope" in 2008), Born Ruffians, 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, Rush, Timber Timbre). ^[3]

Discography

Albums

• Expatriate (April 1, 2008, Aporia Records)

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)

References

External links

• The Coast's official website
• The Coast's official MySpace page
• Aporia Records website
• April 2008 article
• The Coast on Clash Music
• Toronto Indie article
• Courier Journal article