Memphis, Tennessee's The Coach and Four began in 2001 as an offshoot of an
instrumental side project called Breathe You Are Alive. The rhythm section,
featuring Daniel Farris and Tony Dixon, had roots in the "math rock" genre
with a previous band called Staynless, who released a full length album recorded
by Steve Albini in 1999. Dixon and Farris recruited guitarists Brad Stanfill
and Luke White along with keyboardist Jon David Lovelace to produce a sound
that merged mathmatic calculation with melodic articulation. With White and
Stanfill as the primary songwriters, the group developed a more focused,
crafted sound than Breathe You Are Alive. Vocals began to emerge and the
twangy sound of White's guitar began to mesh with the melodic repetition
of Stanfill's style. After several successful local shows under their belts,
the group embarked on a regional tour played with Quarter-Stick's Shannon
Wright, The Mercury Program, and Maserati. After the tour, the band recorded
a five song E.P. and began gaining momentum in the community. In the meantime,
local indie record label, Makeshift records began making waves with its Memphis
compilations and before long The Coach and Four and Makeshift would team
up to put out the full length "Unlimited Symmetry" in 2004. A D.J.
at XM radio (XMU Channel 43) began playing the album in heavy circulation
and a national interest began to form. Within a months time of the XM airplay,
Makeshift began selling more and more copies of "Unlimited Symmetry" and
were forced to repress the record to keep up with demand. These events sparked
the band into action, playing more shows and writing new material. Their
second release, "The Great Escape", was then recorded in 2006 by
Unclaimed Recordings in Memphis, TN.
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Hello Destroyer
Girl Arms Redux
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And Four - The Great Escape
Buy Me! CD $9.00
Like their contemporaries and the burgeoning Makeshift scene/label that put this release in your mitts, The Coach and Four are a refreshing jolt of blues/garage-free Memphis rock. If you like rockist Jim O’Rourke, early Sea and Cake, poppier Sonic Youth, and I guess whatever has made great indie rock great, then listen up.
Track Listing:
1.Hello Destroyer
2. Hearts and Arrows
3. Sleep Skirt
4. Tiger High '85
5. The Great Escape
6. Double H
7.Girl Arms Redux
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InTransit
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The Coach And Four - Unlimited
Symmetry
Buy Me! CD $12.00
If the Sea and Cake hadn’t of dabbled in the dual nether regions of drum ‘n’
bass and airport jazz, they still would lack the impact of Unlimited Symmetry,
but you Sea and Cake fans out there should try it out to experience what you’ve
been missing.
Track Listing:
1. In Transit
2. Pity for the Gifted
3. Girl Arms
4. 1st First then Reverse
5. Secret Bell
6. Suture Self
7. Compson Eulogy
8. Never Always Everything
9. Sky's a New Listener
10. Love 40
11. Ludicrous Speed
12. Unlimited Symmetry
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