M Coast

M Coast is an indie rock band associated with the Elephant Six Collective.

The band began as a solo recording project of singer/songwriter Andy Gonzales, who first recorded as Marshmallow Coast in 1996 with a self-released cassette, which featured contributions from Joel Richardson of The Minders. After a split single release, Gonzales met up with old friend and Neutral Milk Hotel member Julian Koster to record Timesquare. While it was recorded in 1997, it did not get released until 2000 due to various label disputes.

Gonzales, after releasing some more singles, dropped the Marshmallow Coast project temporarily to tour with Music Tapes, Koster's side project, and relocate to Athens, GA. In Athens, Gonzales met with Kevin Barnes, singer and songwriter in Of Montreal. With Barnes, Gonzales recorded Marshmallow Coast's second album, Seniors & Juniors, and became a member of Of Montreal himself. The other members of the band became his backing band for a couple singles including the split with Of Montreal and with My First Keyboard. A tour in 2000 commenced with Gonzales playing in Of Montreal and Of Montreal playing as Gonzales's backing band.

2000 also brought the Of Montreal-backed Marshmallow Coasting, and another tour. Gonzales then began a website-based project where he recorded songs for paying customers and gave them sole ownership. Ride the Lightning was released in 2001 with another Of Montreal tour, and Antistar was released in 2003 with the addition of Sara Fitzpatrick on flute.

In late 2005, Gonzales announced that the band would show some changes. With songwriting duties now being shared between Gonzales and band member Derek Almstead, the band would change their name to M Coast and release a new album in 2006 entitled Say It in Slang, which should be released on Cloud Recordings.

Contents

1 Discography

1.1 Albums
1.2 Singles and EPs
1.3 Midget and Hairs

Discography

Marshmallow Coast has released a number of albums and singles on a variety of labels. Dates refer to release dates, not recording dates.

Albums

Seniors & Juniors (CD) - Kindercore Records - 1999
Timesquare (CD) - Spare Me Records - 2000
Seniors & Juniors (CD/LP) - Pickled Egg - 2000
Marshmallow Coasting (CD) - Kindercore Records - 2000
Ride the Lightning (CD) - Quattro/Misra Records - 2001
Antistar (CD) - Misra Records - 2003
Say It in Slang (CD) - Cloud Recordings - 2006

Singles and EPs

Marshmallow Coast (cassette) - Fuzzy Aloof - 1996
"I'm a Big Kid Now" (split single w/Midget and Hairs) (7") - Fuzzy Aloof - 1996
"Scent of Credibility" (7") Spare Me Records/Fuzzy Aloof - 1997
Happy Happy Birthday to Me singles club: October (7") - HHBTM - 1999
Kindercore singles club: January (split single w/My First Keyboard) (7") Kindercore Records - 2000
"Archibald Of The Balding Sparrows" (split w/Of Montreal) (7") Kindercore Records - 2000

Midget and Hairs

Former member Paige Dearman has released music under the moniker Midget and Hairs.

"Cactus Screwballs" (7") - Den Mother Records - 1996
"I'm a Big Kid Now" (split single w/Marshmallow Coast) - 1996

The Elephant Six Collective
Main Article
Bands in the Collective
The Apples in Stereo \| Beulah \| Black Swan Network \| Chocolate USA \| Circulatory System \| Dixie Blood Mustache \| Dressy Bessy \| Elf Power \| The Essex Green \| Frosted Ambassador \| The Gerbils \| High Water Marks \| Major Organ and the Adding Machine \| Marbles \| The Minders \| The Music Tapes \| Neutral Milk Hotel \| The Olivia Tremor Control \| Orchestre Fantastique \| Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't \| Secret Square \| The Sunshine Fix \| ulysses \| Von Hemmling
Other Noted Bands and Side Projects
American Revolution \| Bablicon \| Fablefactory \| Great Lakes \| A Hawk And A Hacksaw \| Icy Demons \| The Instruments \| The Ladybug Transistor \| The Late B.P. Helium \| M Coast \| Marta Tennae \| Midget and Hairs \| My First Keyboard \| Of Montreal \| Synthetic Flying Machine \| Thimble Circus \| Visitations
Related articles
Bill Doss \| Jeff Mangum \| Robert Schneider \| Will Cullen Hart \| Hilarie Sidney \| Laura Carter \| Jeremy Barnes \| Jill Carnes \| David Barnes \| Julian Koster

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