Coats and Villa Make a Record (and Post New Songs)

Coats and Villa : Tempe, AZ : www.myspace.com/coatsandvilla

Local bands come and go, but one of the saddest dissolutions was that of The Morning Kennedy Was Shot. They released an EP in March of '07, and shortly after went their own ways. It was a shame, as they had had an incredibly well produced album under their belt and a truly ambient and involved live show. They really did have the most potential out of many of the bands floating around during that time.

However, out of that came Coats and Villa, two of the former members of TMKWS, Wayne Coats (drums) and Nick Villa (guitar and vocals), which are releasing their record "Make a Record" on Saturday April 18th @ The Peacetree House. They've put up three new tracks on their MySpace, one of which includes one I've been jamming to as of late, "Runaway". Many of the same tones of Morning Kennedy Was Shot are all there, this very dreamy, warm, just-short-of-psychedelic sound, with one of the more distinct voices out of Arizona.

Excited to see where this new direction has taken the boys. These are real musicians with a real shot of making an impact.


And if you really want a glimpse as to what I mean, check out this video (ft part of an old MKWS song)