Best Coast is California.
And no, I’m not saying that because I happen to live in and love the Golden State. Best Coast, the Los Angeles duo of Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno, produces a sound that conjures images of the idyllic California dream. I've just recently discovered them, but I instantly fell in love when I heard their song "Boyfriend."
The surf pop guitars and the swelling vocal waves in the background can automatically transport me from my current desert wasteland of a location to the ocean shoreline where everything makes so much more sense. Even though Cosentino's straightforward but strikingly accurate lyrics ("I wish he was my boyfriend/ I'd love him 'til the very end/ But instead he is just a friend") only serve to resurrect those feelings of unrequited love, I can't help but feel good listening to it. Images of the waves crashing against the shore while the sun sets on a warm California evening come to mind. A place where even if I was feeling lonely, I'd still manage to feel at home.
Best Coast's debut LP Crazy For You was made available to stream online yesterday and I've listened to it all the way through once. All I want to do is find an old vintage convertible, some Ray-Bans and drive down the 101 all day listening to it.
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