''The Coast Is Never Clear'' was the third album released by

indie rock Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produc ...

band Beulah in 2001. Originally planned for release on

Capricorn Records Capricorn Records was an independent record label founded by Phil Walden and Frank Fenter in 1969 in Macon, Georgia. Capricorn Records is often credited by music historians as creating the southern rock genre. History Label and studio foun ...

, the label was folded into

Island Def Jam Records The Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG) was an American recording music unit, formed on New Year's Eve 1998 by the Universal Music Group. It consists of labels devised and consisted under the basic operations of Island Records and Def Jam Recordi ...

along with many of its artists including 311. However, Beulah, The Glands,

Jucifer Jucifer are a two piece American sludge metal band whose albums have been released by Alternative Tentacles, Capricorn Records, and Relapse Records along with their own imprint Nomadic Fortress Records. The band's members are Gazelle Amber Valent ...

, and The Honeyrods were not sold along with the other properties of the label. Former employees of Capricorn formed Velocette in order to release albums by the displaced bands, forcing the release date to be pushed back until September 11, 2001.

Track listing

(all songs written by Miles Kurosky, except where noted) #"Hello Resolven" – 1:49 #"A Good Man Is Easy to Kill" – 4:20 #"What Will You Do When Your Suntan Fades" – 4:05 #"Gene Autry" – 3:35 #"Silver Lining" – 2:35 #"Popular Mechanics for Lovers" – 3:04 #"Gravity's Bringing Us Down" (Kurosky/Noel) – 4:39 #"Hey Brother" – 3:28 #"I'll Be Your Lampshade" – 4:12 #"Cruel Minor Change" – 2:26 #"Burned By the Sun" (Noel) – 2:47 #"Night Is the Day Turned Inside Out" (Kurosky/LaFollette) – 4:12 Note: ^ denotes that the song was released as a single.

Trivia

* The song "Popular Mechanics for Lovers" mentions ''

69 Love Songs ''69 Love Songs'' is the sixth studio album by American indie pop band the Magnetic Fields, released on September 7, 1999 by Merge Records. As its title indicates, ''69 Love Songs'' is a three-volume concept album composed of 69 love songs, all w ...

'' by

The Magnetic Fields The Magnetic Fields (named after the André Breton/Philippe Soupault novel '' Les Champs Magnétiques'') are an American band founded and led by Stephin Merritt. Merritt is the group's primary songwriter, producer, and vocalist, as well as fr ...

. * The same track was used in the soundtrack for 2010 film '' Youth in Revolt''.

References

2001 albums Beulah (band) albums {{2000s-indie-rock-album-stub