If you wanted to create the sound of hipster 2010 to this point it would be a mixture of lo-fi and 50/60’s surfer revival/doo-wah, but Best Coast is so, so much more. They jump through all those hoops with ease and so will hopefully find the commercial success they deserve, but the song writing talent that Bethany Consentino and Bobb Bruno display on Crazy for You is not just hipster throw-away pop.
The whole album sounds as if the played through the sun haze on a beach – it’s fuzzy, bright with catchy melodies, and doo-wah 50’s style vocals with enough reverb to surf on. You’ve got The Supremes, The Beach Boys, and The Ramones all rolled into one glorious sun-drenched record, glistening with standout tracks.
Boyfriend opens the record, with Bethany pining and jealous as she sings “The other girl is not like me, She’s prettier and skinnier, She has a college degree, I dropped out when I was 17” whilst backed by some the drums and melodies that could have come from Soundgarden in the 90’s.
Goodbye and Summer Mood are two stand out tracks for me, with Goodbye having more or a thumping steady beat with Bethany lamenting life’s problems, followed by Summer Mood slowing things down with the vocals hanging, suspending the song about the summer.
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Crazy for You is released by Wichita on 2nd August, but you can listen to the whole album below right now:
