Marshmallow Coast

Some people are in it for the money, some people are in it for the drugs. Andy Gonzales (ex-of Montreal, the Music Tapes, Mind Brains) is in it for the music. In a career of stylistic left-turns and singular talent, the career of Marshmallow Coast is a brittle prog-pop wasteland that leaves the listener weeping and numb. Everything sounds like it emerged from an empty late-night hotel lounge in decline, a dark sense of urgency delivered in a laid-back style. It’s the end of the world as seen through pharmaceutical gauze. As a band that built their reputation on pop smarts and melodic strength, Andy Gonzales knows how to bring the hooks, but it’s the singing - the broken warmth of weak sunlight - that really makes their records.

Misra has the pleasure of releasing Ride the Lightning in 2002 and Antistar in 2003. Marshmallow Coast remains active to this date.