Coastal Cities
Coastal Cities are a brand new indie-dance band comprised of five 17 year olds from High Wycombe, west of London. Declan Cullen (guitar/vocals), Sean Semmens (guitar) and Lewis Slade (drums) met in school detention in the Summer of 2009 and at once discovered a mutual love of music but also a lethargy with the pop-punk/ hardcore bands that dominated the local music scene. The three of them started practicing together in Lewis's dad's garden shed (where they still rehearse today) and after recruiting Dan Hardy (bass) and William Clark (keys/synths) Coastal Cities was formed.
Inspired by The Smiths, Joy Division and other 80's New Wave bands, but also by dance music and the musical chemistry they discovered between each other, Coastal Cities set out to make music people like them could relate to but also that they could dance to. Through playing local shows and house parties for their friends they quickly created a niche for themselves that was a long way from the cliquey and uninviting local scene. The name they chose reflected this. Originally suggested by a friend it sounded nothing like the bands they were desperate to separate themselves from but also hinted at places a long way from their hometown; less stifling, more open places.
However, it was when they posted songs from their "Transgressions" EP on Soundcloud that people (a long way) away from High Wycombe really started to take notice. The Drums tweeted that they couldn't stop listening to the band's song "Think Tank" and French music bible Les Inrockuptibles out of the blue posted about the band on their website calling the song "irresistible".
Autumn/Winter 2011 sees the band release their debut single "Thinktank" on December 5th via "Once upon a time records" and their first music video. They also plan to play a catalogue of shows in support of this.
