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The Coast release their much-anticipated debut full-length, Expatriate, on Aporia this April in Canada and AUGUST 19 in the United States. Recorded in winter 2007 in Toronto with producer Chris Stringer (We’re Marching On, Ohbijou), the album is a departure from the layered epics of their first EP, harnessing the off-the-floor energy of their live show and letting their signature hooky guitar melodies stand on their own.

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, thanks to the buzz that continued to grow as the band toured extensively across North America last year, playing alongside such acts as Tokyo Police Club, The Dears, Sam Roberts, The French Kicks, and a coveted CMJ showcase with Foals, A Place to Bury Strangers, and Le Loup.

“There was far more integration between writing and arranging this time around,” Spurr adds. “We stopped being so precious about the songwriting and let everyone bring their own strengths to each song.”

“When you’ve been in a band with friends you’ve been with since you were a kid, it can become a difficult thing, separating your creative relationship from your relationship as friends,” Melchoirre says. “I think that the writing and recording of this record required us all to be far more honest with each other about what we expected from one another musically and how we wanted to sound.

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miespaub wrote:
March 2009

Great band

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Acquiescence wrote:
February 2009

Am properly obssessing over this band now, they get better with each and every listen. Expatriate flows brilliantly

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muteoff wrote:
January 2009

Ditto @ Acquiescence. It's rare gems like this that satisfy my music-hungry soul. Reminds me of a cross between Broken Social Scene and The Appleseed Cast, but with their own, unique sound of course.

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dotSTA wrote:
November 2008

I LOVE NEUVA YORK. omg so good

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Acquiescence wrote:
October 2008

Its discovering awesome, unknown bands like this that makes music so satisfying in general. 'Killing Off Our Friends' is a global hit in another dimension, I just know.

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musicfreak1082 wrote:
October 2008

love them, too :).

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jess502 wrote:
September 2008

Saw them tonight, they put on a good show.

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starcrossedlove wrote:
May 2008

I really wanted to see them last night! Stupid age limit...

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pantsthemusical wrote:
May 2008

love this band. @charlantric is right on, regarding Floodlights. i don't think anyone could have described it better.

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charlatantric wrote:
April 2008

This is already quite high-level production. It's quite good music, but I can't help but feel it's a little too safe. Especially on a track like Floodlights, I feel they could have taken listeners to the cleaners by working a little bit more around the melody. It ends almost as soon as it gets really good.

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frejyasdaeg wrote:
April 2008

Fantasic Album, I disagree with the last post, I do not think The Coast sounds at all like The Killers. This is a well rounded album, I would love to hear more from these guys in the future (maybe even some major studio sessions or some other high level production). Until then, I will keep requesting air time for them on our local radio stations.

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FogFields wrote:
February 2008

They remind me of the killers abit, there absolutely fantastic where as the killers are not.

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