Earworm: Best Coast “Make You Mine”
September 29th, 2009
Who: Best Coast
What: Los Angeles-based duo of Pocahaunted’s Bethany Cosentino and underground eccentric Bobb Bruno.
Sounds like: “A bunch of songs about summer and the sun and the ocean and being a lazy creep” according to the band. Also water damaged demos by any of the Brill Building, Motown or Phil Spector-helmed girl groups or a beach party where Annette and Frankie are getting hot and heavy. Categorized by some blogs as “lazy haze.”
RIYL: Hipster faves like Vivian Girls, Pearl Harbor, Wavves and Dum Dum Girls, golden girl bands like The Shangri-La’s, Ronettes, The Poni-Tails and The Shaggs, the minimalism of Young Marble Giants
Need to know: While they can easily be lumped in with that lo-fi “thing” that everyone’s either loving or hating right now, Best Coast are more rooted in the heartbroken, high school harmonies that swept the ‘60s. The limited edition Where The Boys Are cassette on Blackest Rainbow sold out instantly, but there are a bunch of 7-inches coming out soon: a self-titled on Art Fag, Make You Mine on Group Tightener, as well as one on Post-Present Medium and Black Iris. You can also check out what Bethany’s perfect make-out mixtape would be here.
Track: “Make You Mine” is a winsome throwback to when teenage life was full of idyllic dreaming and “the point” was the place to do some neckin’. Bethany’s lonesome vocal is stuck in between a girl sick with puppy love and an aggressive stalker calculating a romance with her crush. It’s all very barebones, with Bethany’s voice and guitar acting as the primaries, while handclaps and a tambourine provide the faintest rhythm.
Buy: Nothing’s on sale at the moment, but you can keep up with Bethany over at bestycoasty.blogspot.com.
Tags: best coast, pocahaunted
Posted on Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 at 12:11 pm by Cam and is filed under Earworm, The New Music.
well done. Good writing. Thanks.