{"id":654,"date":"2017-05-05T12:20:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T16:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=654"},"modified":"2017-05-05T12:21:12","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T16:21:12","slug":"interview-coin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2017\/05\/05\/interview-coin\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERVIEW: COIN"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Daniella Weiss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It has been five years now since American indie-pop band COIN formed in Nashville, Tenn. as four college students. In the time since, the band has released a self-titled debut album and, most recently, their second studio album, titled <\/span>How Will You Know if You Never Try? <\/span><\/i>Amidst the release of this new album, the band is currently out on their first ever U.S. headlining tour. WTBU DJ Daniella Weiss had a chance to talk with lead singer Chase Lawrence about the new album and tour. <\/span><\/p>\n

One year after releasing their debut album, COIN released the track \u201cTalk Too Much,\u201d which would become the first single off their second album. The upbeat tune took off as a popular radio single for the band. When asked about the effect the single had on the band\u2019s increase in success, Chase referred back to the band\u2019s roots in America\u2019s music city. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBeing from Nashville, people always say it\u2019s about the song. I think \u2018Talk Too Much\u2019 is an example of how we were not a very well known band, and we didn\u2019t have much of a fan base before \u2018TTM.\u2019 A song can open doors for you; it spread organically,\u201d said Chase. \u201cMore than anything the song really connected with a lot of people. Gratefully, it was just the song that did all of the work for us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In the time between albums, \u201cTalk Too Much\u201d is what catapulted the band into this next chapter of new music.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was like night and day. It\u2019s been incredible to watch the growth and watch people go back and rediscover our old music, too. It just really opened doors,\u201d said Chase.<\/span><\/p>\n

Forward a year to 2017, and the band released four more singles prior to the April 21 release date of <\/span>HWYKIYNT<\/span><\/i>. One of the four is the lead track, \u201cDon\u2019t Cry, 2020,\u201d which dropped a week before the album release.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s my favorite song on the album overall. It was probably the second finished song we wrote for the album,\u201d said Chase about \u201cDon\u2019t Cry, 2020.\u201d \u201cEvery line is so specific. It\u2019s basically about my fear of growing older.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The entire premise of <\/span>HWYKIYNT <\/span><\/i>came about naturally as the band was writing for the album. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were talking about releasing it and I was like, \u2018Well, how will you know if you never try?\u2019 And I just said it so nonchalantly and everyone just stared at me. I was like, \u2018I think that\u2019s an album title,\u2019\u201d said Chase. \u201cAnd from there all the lyrics started taking shape around that concept. It all started to steer towards this idea of not fearing the inevitable, but being motivated by it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by Daniella Weiss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the band\u2019s new tour is underway, there is a heightened excitement amongst them to play the new album and make each show their own.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s honestly so crazy. It\u2019s really cool to have something that\u2019s ours. We\u2019ve supported so many bands for basically two years now. We\u2019ve just been grateful to play for thirty minutes in front of anyone, and now we\u2019re at the point where we\u2019re able to have a show that\u2019s ours,\u201d said Chase. \u201cIt\u2019s curated from the music we play before the show to the music that plays when we end, to the lighting and everything. We\u2019re super excited to make an experience that\u2019s uniquely us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Chase hinted at an art installation that will be onstage resembling the album artwork for <\/span>HWYKIYNT.<\/span><\/i> In their longest set yet, the band will be playing several songs from the new album for the first time but also keeping in fan favorites from the past.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor some reason the song \u2018Time Machine\u2019 is really fun to play live. It\u2019s really connected with new fans and old fans,\u201d says Chase. \u201cBut I\u2019m really excited to play \u2018Malibu 1992\u2019 for basically the first time on this tour.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As for who will precede the band as an opening act, COIN brings along emerging electro-pop group A R I Z O N A. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey have this song called \u2018Oceans Away\u2019 that we really love. The song has an incredible amount of streams on Spotify; it\u2019s crazy, and we didn\u2019t even know that. We just heard that song everywhere and loved it,\u201d says Chase. \u201cWe definitely wanted to have [an opener] that was a slightly different departure from what we\u2019re going to do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Beginning with this tour, there is an exciting future ahead for COIN as their newest album takes off. The tour began in mid-April and will run until the end of June with support from A R I Z O N A in select cities. The band made a Boston stop at The Sinclair on May 3<\/span>rd<\/span> as part of the <\/span>How Will You Know If You Never Try?<\/span><\/i> Tour.<\/span><\/p>\n

-Daniella Weiss<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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