ear friends and all that have now become strangers,

This Monday the 9th of March sees the release of Dan Michaelson's first record with the Coastguard collective.

DAN MICHAELSON & THE COASTUARDS “SALTWATER”.

If you take a walk to one of the UK's leading Independent records shops and buy it with your hands you will be rewarded with a complimentary screenprint of a seagull doing its business in the shape of our band name.

Alternatively, if your excitement proves to be overwhelming and you need to order online before you mess yourself (free album for anyone who can produce photographic evidence of their byproducts spelling our band name) secure your copy immediately from here: http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=310817

Or here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_w_h_?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=dan+michaelson+and+the+coastguards

Or here.. http://hmv.com/hmvweb/simpleSearch.do?searchUID=&pGroupID=-1&adultFlag=false&primaryID=-

Oh, but you’re grumbling.. “Its not that easy, I need a little persuasion”. Fair enough.. heres what the music writers have said:

"your ears naturally tune into Michaelson's skill at putting words to the

parts of relationships that usually stay silent. The cruel asymmetry of

romance is addressed exquisitely, recalling the resigned grandeur of the

Go-Betweens' Robert Forster " **** The Times

"impressive - comes on like Smog fronting the songs of Ed Harcourt" Uncut

"an intensely felt and sparsely drawn study of the beginnings and ends of relationships" **** Time Out

Spellbinding, genuinely heartbreaking songs.. The Quietus

"a set of frighteningly good songs **** The Stool Pigeon

"a voice deeper and darker than most extended overdrafts - Michaelson is on endearingly poetic form" NME

"an outstanding collection of quirky and bare to the bones songs" 8/10 Rocksound

Now maybe you’d like to go buy it from:

http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=310817 ???

…whats that you say? “Fuck you. Im only on the mailing list ‘cause I was drunk at a Magic Numbers gig and now I can't work out how to get off of it and besides, no one buys records anymore. Us modern folk find that very old hat indeed”
Fair enough, that sounds very sensible. All I can do is invite you to come to one of the gigs (listed below) where you can get drunk, sign a mailing list for who on earth knows why and spend the rest of your days wondering what on earth made you buy a screenprint of a seagull.

Its not my fault but lets try to stay friends.

Love, Dan.
Tour dates list…

March 26th @ luminaire Kilburn supporting The Leisure Society

April 16th @ kings head, crouch end **HEADLINE SHOW***

April 23rd leeds brudenell social club w/ Broken Family Band

April 24th Edinburgh caberet Voltaire w/ Broken Family Band

April 25th Newcastle, the cluny w/ Broken Family Band

April 26th Nottingham, rescue rooms w/ Broken Family Band

May 7th London scala w/ Broken Family Band

May 8th Manchester, ruby lounge w/ Broken Family Band

May 9th Bristol thekla w/ Broken Family Band

May 10th brighton hanbury club w/ Broken Family Band

May 16th Cambridge junction w/ Broken