{"id":71508,"date":"2018-10-25T14:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T13:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=71508"},"modified":"2018-10-21T20:39:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-21T19:39:38","slug":"review-coast-to-coast-the-world-doesnt-work-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-coast-to-coast-the-world-doesnt-work-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Coast To Coast \u2013 The World Doesn’t Work EP"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/strong>Birmingham\u2019s Coast To Coast <\/strong>are one of those bands who\u2019re heavily involved in the UK pop-punk scene and, as such, many will most likely have heard of, if only by name. That\u2019s a real credit to the band\u2019s slow and steady rise within the community, with two well-regarded EPs under their belt in a couple of years \u2013 and now, on their third EP, \u2018The World Doesn\u2019t Work\u2019,<\/em>\u00a0they\u2019re ready to step up and announce.<\/p>\n

While their sound will be no doubt be credited as somewhat pop-punk for the sake of easily labelling, it pushes those boundaries greatly. This outing sees them branching out into more\u00a0gloom-coated, emo-esque\u00a0territory. The use of well-crafted, choppy melodies, varied guitar sounds, alongside sombre, real-life lyrical content is reminiscent\u00a0of Boston Manor or Trash Boat circa 2016.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Sun Is Dim\u2019\u00a0<\/em>is particularly reflective of this somewhat dark-tinted spin, with a slow, booming beat guiding the slippy, descending guitars beneath Keiran Hyland\u2019s thick, Brummy accent. His vocals seem to get better and better with each release, and here fell especially dominant, finding the balance between his harsher, limit-testing bursts and lower, covering parts like on \u2018Be Kind\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n