M Coast's Say it in Slang has a Label

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M Coast's Say it in Slang has a Label

Published Thursday, June 08, 2006 by Jeff | E-mail this post

Happy Happy Birthday to Me has now formally announced they'll be releasing M Coast's first album (well, as M Coast, anyway--they used to be Marshmallow Coast), Say it in Slang, this fall. Mike Turner from HHBTM writes, "We hope to have news of a special packaging pre-order soon." Marshmallow Coast used to be the solo project of Andy Gonzales, although he would occasionally collaborate with members of Of Montreal, as he did very prominently on Marshmallow Coasting. Now he's teamed up with fellow singer/songwriter Derek Almstead (Elf Power, and another former member of Of Montreal), as well as Emily Growden and Sara Kirkpatrick, to form a very altered configuration of the band. The songs, as heard on their MySpace website, are gorgeous. Andy writes in his MySpace blog, "I have discussed the release date with one individual, and he feels that the album could be ready for sale by the Athens Pop Festival (which they [HHBTM] host too!) which is early August, then it will be available online, and in stores in September or October." He's also indicated that HHBTM may be re-releasing early Marshmallow Coast material; those Coast albums released on the defunct Kindercore label are now all out of print. We'll give you more information as it comes.