Coast (folk rock band)
| Coast | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Southampton, Hampshire, UK |
| Genres | Folk rock |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | Ruabhal Records Recart (Denmark) |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | Paul Eastham Chris Barnes Finlay Wells Graeme "Mop" Youngson |
| Past members | Andy Murray Steve Lawrence Chris Greer Nick Tann Andrej Chernjavskij Andy Davey Hamish Ferguson Steve Picken Mark Mongan Charlie Goodall Russ Barnes Alec Stone Chris Lappage Adam Bowden Phil Marshall Phil Langman Ray Drury |
Coast is a Scottish celtic rock group, based in Oban, UK. Coast is Paul Eastham (lead vocals, keyboards, guitars, accordion), Chris Barnes (percussion), Finlay Wells (guitars) and Graeme "Mop" Youngson (drums)
Coast was formed in the winter of 2007 by born singer-songwriter Paul Eastham. Classically trained pianist Eastham had previously co-written and co-produced the first EP by Welsh singer Duffy, the eponymously titled Aimée Duffy (EP) which was released in 2004 under the Welsh Awen Records label. Eastham also played keyboards, synths and guitar on the EP.
Coast's first EP was entitled The Great Crowd and released in January 2008, also on Awen Records. The EP featured original lead guitarist Phil Marshall. Coast followed up this release with their first live show at the Storm Club in Leicester Square, London on 12 March 2008. The line-up featured Chris Lappage (who by this time had replaced Phil Marshall on lead guitar) along with Phil Langman (Drums) and Ray Drury (Keyboards). Both Phil and Ray left the band soon after, Phil being replaced on drums by Mark Mongan.
In May 2009 Coast were asked to record the official single for 'Saints Aid' - a charity event organised by Southampton Football Club fans to raise funds to keep the club from going into liquidation. The single 'Colours' was subsequently released on 18 May 2009 and the band appeared at the 'Saints Aid' music festival at St Mary's Stadium in Southampton on 23 May 2009.
In September 2009 "Colours" hit the top of the German Web Radio Charts.
Coast released their eponymously titled debut album on 21 November 2009. The band held a sell-out album launch show at the Talking Heads in Southampton on the same date. The album was first previewed on the Karin Ingram Show on Radio Borders on 15 November 2009.
Coast appeared on the Sally Taylor Show on BBC Radio Solent on 23 January 2010 ahead of their appearance at the Danny Kyle Open Stage of Glasgow's Celtic Connections music festival on 24 January 2010.
The band's show at Oban on 26 February was reviewed by The Oban Times.
On 8 March 2010 Glasgow's Celtic Music Radio Station selected Coast as their Album of the Week
On 16 March 2010 it was announced that Coast would appear on the same bill as Donnie Munro, Steve Harley, Status Quo and the Sugababes at the Rock4Life music festival near Inverness in May 2010. However, the festival was eventually cancelled by the organisers due to financial problems.
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