Boston’s The Ivory Coast released Clouds, its second album and first for Polyvinyl, in Fall 2001.

The group’s prolific members are also in many other bands: Drew O’Doherty is the bass player in Ted Leo and the Pharmacists; Nick and Scott are in Certainly, Sir; Nick and Jay are in The Sea Navy; and Mahmood Shaikh ran the label Big Top Records and is a booking agent for Flower Booking.