Coast on crest of new wave

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THEY say friends who play together, stay together.

And after years of honing their sound, writing songs and playing shows, The Coast are ready for the big time.

The Toronto quartet release debut album “Expatriate” later this month and are hitting the live scene in anticipation.

The Coast’s sound has been described as Arcade Fire pretending to be New Order doing Flaming Lip covers . . . quite an achievement!

Catch them live at the Roadhouse in Manchester on Thursday.

Alternatively on Thursday, Manchester band The Words play Moho Live.

The lads are well known for creating music which gets you humming along right from the first listen.

Drawing on their heroes Oasis, Kings of Leon, The Beatles and Elvis, The Words play a unique brand of indie rock.