"The Cost have "it;" they have the quality which makes a band work, be powerful, original, interesting. Their heavy, intricate, dark songs are completely engaging and fresh, but very much in keeping with what many post- "emo" punk bands are striving for; music that is melodious but not poppy; lyrical but rough. Their music is a modern punk which incorporates sounds from the mid-eighties DC scene (Gray Matter), the early nineties San Diego scene (Drive Like Jehu) and fits in with the new national emo movement as represented by the current crop of Vagrant Records' bands. Locally, The Cost are part of a scene of new exciting groups coming out of the Bay Area such as Dead And Gone and Yaphet Kotto and Lookout! is very proud to present their first full length album. We first encountered them at Gilman Street, as they have found a home there over the past few years. American Steel's guitarist Ryan Massey, who often does sound at Gilman, has worked with the Cost as a live and in studio sound engineer. The Cost have now grown into the powerful masters of the sound they have claimed: discordant, incisive, angular, soulful. The artwork represents the band's preoccupation with the mystery, cruelty and grandeur of the natural world. We expect great things from this dynamic new band." (http://www.epitonic.com/index.jsp?refer=http://www.epitonic.com/artists/thecost.html)

Stephen Loewinsohn - Guitar and Vocals
Shaun Osburn - Bass and Vocals
Sean McArdle - Guitar and Vocals
Michael Hoffman - Drums