Envy On The Coast

Long Island, NY
http://www.myspace.com/envyonthecoast

6/17 Atlanta, Georgia – The Masquerade
6/18 Charlotte, North Carolina – Amos’ Southend
6/19 Richmond, Virginia – The National
6/20 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Electric Factory
6/21 Baltimore, Maryland – Sonar
6/23 Toronto, Ontario – Kool Haus
6/24 Rochester, New York – Water St. Music Hall
6/25 Hartford, Connecticut – Webster Theater
6/26 Hampton Beach, New Hampshire – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
6/27 Boston, Massachusetts – House of Blues

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6/18/09: Charlotte, NC Allnighter After Party Recap Here

6/21/09: Dundalk, MD Allnighter After Party Recap Here

6/25/09: Wethersfield, CT Allnighter After Party Recap Here

In 2006, you were introduced to Envy On The Coast, the upstart Long Island quintet with the swiss-army rock aesthetics, boundless ambitions, and hearts big enough to fit each of their growing swell of fans.

After issuing a self-titled debut EP to widespread acclaim in August 2006, Envy On The Coast – vocalist Ryan Hunter, guitarists Brian Byrne and Sal Bossio, bassist Jeremy Velardi and drummer Dan Gluszak – set out on national tours with arena-filling artists like 30 Seconds To Mars and Angels & Airwaves and were named one Alternative Press’ 100 Band You Need To Know in 2007. Following subsequent tours alongside peers as disparate as Circa Survive and Cute Is What We Aim For, Envy On The Coast have cut their teeth in front of thousands of fans, earning their own impassioned following in the process. No question, their earliest experiences together have been unforgettable and certainly their entrance has been grand. But through it all, they knew it would mean little without a suitable second act.

With that mandate in mind, and winter approaching, Envy On The Coast descended upon two cabins in the isolated outpost of Windham, New York, to begin writing their full-length debut. After weeks of painstaking collaboration between the cabins and their own Long Island homes, the band had meticulously deliberated over, consolidated and, eventually, perfected the material that would comprise the album that would at once confirm their precocious musical prowess while further legitimizing their considerable accomplishments. And, frankly, the results aren’t just inspired. They’re downright disarming.

Produced by Bryan Russell at Red Wire Audio in Brooklyn, Lucy Gray refines the band’s strengths – showcasing huge leaps in technical proficiency and further honing their impressive melodic underpinnings, among them – while simultaneously capturing the growth Envy On The Coast experienced during the past twelve months on the road. In short, it’s the rare album that not only traces a band’s evolution, but also transcends their many accomplishments through a truly definitive artistic statement. This, ladies and gentlemen, is today’s Envy On The Coast. Not so different from yesterday that they’re unrecognizable. Just leaner, fiercer and infinitely more focused on becoming the best band they can be.

Inspired by the personal events and musical experiences that have filled their lives over the past year, Lucy Gray is an unrelenting exploration of the inner-workings, attitudes and creative chemistries shared by their creators. And though its conception wasn’t always easy, it is unquestionably authentic.
“We were all in a van together, experiencing the same things and talking about the same things,” says Hunter. “That’s what I wrote about, because everyone was feeling it as much as I was. That made it that much more real.”

Indeed, what’s perhaps most striking about Lucy Gray is that while it certainly traces Envy On The Coast’s evolution from Long Island youngbloods to emotionally and musically powerful forces who’ve realized their vast potential, it’s also a rallying cry against the adversities life has dealt them.

“I’m so proud of everyone in this band,” intimates Byrne. “They’ve come so far in the past two years and I’m sure they say the same thing about me. There are really no other people I’d ever want to make music with. It’s not always easy to ride with the same dudes for weeks and months at a time, but it’s a bond we’d never want to give up.”