High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Off The Coast Of Me is a studio album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts, released in 1980. It is the début studio release of the August Darnell fronted group. The album was reissued in 2003 with additional bonus tracks by Universal Island Records. Kid Creole and the Coconuts is an American musical group created and led by August Darnell. Their music incorporates a variety of styles and influences, in particular "American and Latin American, South American, Caribbean, Trinidadian, Calloway" and conceptually inspired by the big band era. The Coconuts are a glamorous trio of female backing vocalists whose lineup has changed throughout the years.