Julian Casablancas by the same thing twice!" After the release of the two other albums and several major tours, the band took a 5-year break before returning with their fourth album "Angles" in 2011. The five year hiatus was said to be the result of conflicting solo projects, sobriety issues, and unspoken emotions.The Strokes' drummer Fab Moretti claimed the band struggled to process such "subconscious volcanic emotions", partly because they were still "children" at the time. Though their creative processes has been critiqued by outside observers as “a democracy under a dictator”, Casablancas has encouraged each band member to contribute their own
Coast (folk rock band) Coast (folk rock band) Coast is a Scottish celtic rock group, based in Oban, UK. Coast's members are Paul Eastham (lead vocals, keyboards, guitars, accordion), Chris Barnes (percussion), Finlay Wells (guitars) and Graeme "Mop" Youngson (drums) Coast was formed in winter 2007 by the Stockport born singer-songwriter Paul Eastham. A classically trained pianist, Eastham had previously co-written and co-produced the first EP by the Welsh singer Duffy, "Aimée Duffy", which was released in 2004 under the Welsh Awen Records label. Eastham also played keyboards, synthesisers and guitar on the EP. Coast's first EP was "The Great Crowd", released in January