The Coast is Ours is Claiming Their Stake with Upcoming EP

Tim Wenger | September 1, 2013 | 0 Comments

by Tim Wenger

The Coast is Ours is becoming one of the most looked at faces of Denver pop-punk, and they have been beaming, bright and wide, right back by putting their heart and soul into their live performances and upcoming short album, the Lighthouse EP. We stole their smile for a few minutes and got the latest word on the upcoming record.

CMB: What’s the status on the album?

TCIO: Well the EP is done. We call it the Lighthouse EP. We’re very proud of it. There’s been a lot of positive feedback on it from people at shows, online, and even on the street or at our jobs when people recognize us. We really feel good about how it turned out.

CMB: How did you guys go about recording it? Did you do it live or multi track everything?

TCIO: We recorded the instruments and vocals at our drummer Austin’s home studio, then sent the tracks to Zoinga Recording to get mastered. So a big thanks goes to Mick at Zoinga for working his magic and taking our sound to the next level.

CMB: How are you going to go about promoting and distributing the record?

TCIO: Like every great band in history we’re doing it all ourselves, by word of mouth, utilizing mediums like Facebook and Twitter, and of course playing shows where we’ll be selling the record along with some other merch. Also, anyone can get the album online at Bandcamp.com and iTunes.

CMB: What’s the craziest story you have from a show in Denver?

TCIO: We’ve had a fight or two in the crowd during our set, which is strange and funny at the same time because we really don’t play music you normally see kids fighting to. Also, we played this year’s Warped Tour at the Denver stop, and had a middle-aged lady moshing with our friends in the crowd. That was very entertaining for us.

CMB: What else is coming up in the near future?

TCIO: We plan to keep building our fanbase and keep writing music. We already have a few new songs that were written immediately after the EP was released that will eventually be on our full-length. And no doubt playing tons of shows.

CMB: It seems like there have been a few Denver bands with a similar style as you guys that have been releasing albums and then breaking up shortly after. Please tell us this isn’t going to happen to The Coast is Ours.

TCIO: That definitely is not the case for us, and we believe that it stems from the fact we are like-minded individuals who really could care less about any musical or fashion trend around us. We are a group of real friends that are making music that we enjoy playing, whether its in style or not. And in the process if we hit a snag we are level headed enough people to put our egos aside and learn to compromise so that we can continue on and not make this band a waste of time for each other. The short answer though would be that The Coast Is Ours will not see an untimely end because everything that comes from this band comes from the heart.

CMB: Breakfast King or Denver Diner?

TCIO: Most of the band has not been to Breakfast King, so its Denver Diner by default….but if Breakfast King wants to send some complementary meals our way we would not decline!

Online: facebook.com/TheCoastIsOurs