Toronto-based indie band The Coast could not have picked a better time of year to release its debut album “Expatriate.”

Released on Tuesday online and with a scheduled in-store U.S. release date of May 5, “Expatriate” is bound to be the perfect underground indie album for the summer.

The album kicks off with the type of song fans of shows like “The OC” would be accustomed to hearing.

Reminiscent of an early Death Cab for Cutie, The Coast creates music with emotionally driven, yet hidden vocals that listeners will want to hear, but may not necessarily seek out on their own.

“Tightrope” is exciting, fresh and light — the song provides everything needed to be a great single.

With easy lyrics and repeated lines like “Hey, hey you! / what are you waiting for?” the song lends itself nicely to the rest of the album, ensuring an 11-song record full of solid beats, easy melodies and chanted lyrics.

“Killing Off Our Friends,” “Floodlights” and “We’re the Ones” are easily some of the best songs of the record, providing intensity in the musicianship that pushes the album along.

Jordan Melchiorre’s drumming takes both songs to places they may not have reached otherwise, allowing the listener’s ear to truly appreciate each component of the song.

The rest of the album takes the listener on a serene ride, boasting a sort of calm instrumental power, and hidden, soft, yet urgent vocals.

Though based in Toronto, Canada, the four men of The Coast seem to have the easygoing, California-style summer anthem genre down to a science.

The band, comprised of Melchiorre on drums, Ian Fosbery on guitar, keys and vocals, Luke Melchiorre on bass and vocals, and Ben Spur on vocals, guitar and keys, meshes together so well that you can hardly tell the difference in the songs, allowing the album to flow in a natural way often lost in today’s over-produced pop world.

The songs are constructed in such a way that it is impossible, and detrimental, to attempt to break them down by instrument or lyrical content alone.

The guitar hooks alone, a signature on songs like “The Moon is Dead,” give the record something of an edge, while still relying upon the drums and bass to fill out the sound.

The addition of the keyboards, as well as a trumpet on “Ceremony Guns,” truly adds to the experience, allowing the record to become more than another traditional “guitar-bass-drums” band.

“Expatriate” is clearly mastered in a way that lends itself nicely to full album listening. Each song blends into the next in such a cohesive way that it almost comes as a surprise when the music on the 40-minute CD has ended.

For a band that already boasts an impressive resume — working with acts like Tokyo Police Club and fellow Canadian Sam Roberts — and being hailed as “Canada’s best kept secret” by MTV Canada, “Expatriate” seems to live up to all the hype.

With songs that fit in nicely to the indie scene, not straying too far from the expected, but with a fresh instrumental contribution, The Coast seems well on its way to being the next big thing.

Reach the reporter at janessa.hilliard@asu.edu.