COIN announces summer & fall headlining dates.

COIN has announced a U.S. headlining tour for this summer and fall.

COIN will be touring in support of their forthcoming album Uncanny Valley, which features the single “Chapstick.” The fourth full-length effort from the “Talk Too Much” outfit arrives March 25.

Ahead of the headlining dates, COIN will head to the U.K. in April to open for 5 Seconds of Summer. They’re also playing a number of U.S. festivals this year, including Governors Ball and Bonnaroo.

The Nashville-based pop-rock band COIN evoke images of a very specific time and aesthetic. The three-piece was formed in 2012, and has steadily released inoffensive SiriusXM Alt Nation-core singles for the last decade. Personally, COIN remind me of peak millennial micro-trends, like pizza-patterned socks from TopShop, neon signage, finger mustaches, chambray shirts, direct-to-consumer products run by girlbosses who will later be accused of racism and workplace abuse. Not that COIN has anything to do with these things — they are just part of a bygone era. But, not unlike the freshly chart-topping, Grammy-nominated Glass Animals, COIN have stuck around and are currently enjoying their most successful year to date.

Yes, (nearly) four albums in to their career, COIN recently snagged their first Billboard #1 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart for the song “Chapstick,” which currently boasts about 6.5 million Spotify streams. I think it’s worth contrasting “Chapstick” with another song of COIN’s that charted on Alternative Songs, 2016’s “Talk Too Much,” which still holds the most-played slot on the band’s Spotify at more than 206 million streams. Now six years old, “Talk Too Much” sonically has a lot in common with the type of pop-rock sounds bands were putting out that year. Think: sunny, synthy, crisp production, falsetto vocals — kind of like if ’80s new wave went through a car wash and got the deluxe package. COIN, I think, have much in common with Smallpools, HUNNY, Hippo Campus, Walk The Moon, Betty Who, Bad Suns, and Years & Years. And these so-called “alternative” bands are clearly offshoots of the Killers/Cage The Elephant/Imagine Dragons/MGMT/Passion Pit/Phoenix era dating back 10 years prior.

Now for “Chapstick.” Based on what I’ve heard of COIN, it’s a departure. Appearing on their forthcoming album Uncanny Valley, out March 25, its verses are rapped/spoken, and to be honest, it sounds a lot like Cake requesting a girl with a short skirt and long jacket. Well, maybe Cake crossed with the 1975, except not nearly as clever as the 1975. As singer Chase Lawrence dives into the song’s catchphrase, “I just wanna taste your Chapstick,” he sounds very Prince-y, a la “Kiss.” The whole of “Chapstick” is about a fiery lady who could be the Bonnie to COIN’s Clyde, ifyouknowhatimean. It’s not very deep.