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Memphis, Tennessee s 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 math rock 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 White s guitar began to mesh with the melodic repletion of Stanfill s style. The Coach and Four managed to parlay the satellite radio airplay and MySpace networking into a bona fide success story, selling 1,000 copies of Unlimited Symmetry to a national audience. Andria Lisle, Memphis Flyer The Coach and Four are a refreshing jolt of blues/garage-free Memphis rock. If you like rockist Jim O Rourke, early Sea and Cake, poppier Sonic Youth, and I guess whatever has made great indie rock great, then listen up. CDBaby.com