ARTIST: The Coach and Four
TITLE: The Great Escape
LABEL: Makeshift Music
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 192kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 27m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-02-20
RIP DATE: 2007-02-06
Track List
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1. Hello Destroyer 3:09
2. Hearts And Arrows 4:22
3. Sleep Skirt 4:04
4. Tiger High '85 4:04
5. The Great Escape 5:18
6. Double H 3:28
7. Girl Arms Redux 3:05
Release Notes:
Memphis, TennesseeÆs 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 ômath rockö 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 mathematic 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
WhiteÆs guitar began to mesh with the melodic repletion of StanfillÆs style.
After several successful local shows under their belts, the group embarked on a
regional tour playing with Quarter-stickÆs 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 Music 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
ôUnlimited Symmetry.ö A dj at XM radio (XMU Channel 43) began to play 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 ôUnlimited
Symmetryö 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. Very pleased with the new songs, the band is anxious to release the
upcoming record and begin touring immediately. ôIn Transit,ö ôCompson Eulogy,ö
ôPity for the Gifted,ö ôNever Always Everything,ö and ôGirl Armsö have been
played on XM radio continuously since being released in 2004.