Photo by Johnny Fabrizio
Chicago’s Coaster are streaming their new EP, Deuces, in full ahead of its release date. The four track EP is to be released on November 11th via Community Records and Sooper Records. The core duo of Coaster (Matt Kissinger and Seth Engel) have created a mezmerizing and frantic EP that is packed full of intensity and constant change. Each song is wildly varied with different sections, parts and sporadic impulses.
Coaster are set to celebrate the EP’s release on this Thursday, November 10th. Complete details can be found below.
Coaster’s Matt Kissinger (vocals/guitar) and Michael Byrnes (bass) first met back in a college songwriting class. Before long the two were working on a song about Brynes’ late dachshund and the duo recruited Tom Graham (drums) to play with them. The dachshund was memorialized and Coaster had some dang ol’ fun doing it. The band quickly “tricked” one of Chicago’s busiest musicians, Seth Engel (guitar/vocals) to join the band and their “groove oriented” rock and twisted pop sound began to materialize.
Deuces, the band’s latest EP, was written and recorded with the Chicago quartet knowing it would be the old line-up’s last album together. They decided to hit the studio the week they returned from a month long tour to capture a well rehearsed vibe. Picking up influence from the legendary Chavez as well as local Chicago art-punk bands like Meat Wave and The New Diet, Coaster continue to define their evolving sound, pushing boundaries of pop into their own distorted chaos of hooks and spastic structures. Coaster’s Kissinger and Engel are now joined by Dillon Kelley (bass) and Marcus Nuccio (drums).
Pre-Order Deuces here: Community Records | Sooper Records
UPCOMING DATES:
11/10 – Chicago, IL @ Auxiliary Arts (EP Release Show) w/ Peaer, Pupppy & MTV Ghosts
11/18 – Chicago, IL @ WHPK’s Pure Hype
12/06 – Chicago, IL @ Subterannean Downstairs w/ Clearance, Dominic & Photo Jenny
