Best Coast Essentials

Best Coast Essentials

The West is the best for this L.A. duo who update classic Cali pop through the lens of lovesick indie rock. On their 2010 debut, Crazy for You, Bethany Cosentino wistfully purrs, giving her sun-kissed, boy-crazy lyrics the coy allure of a '60s girl group, while Bobb Bruno sweetens her longings with slack surf guitars and hazy effects melted by the sunny heat. That scrappy lo-fi sound eventually got a slight polish—the waltzing alt-country ballad "No One Like You" and the dreamy shoegaze sprawl "California Nights”—but their love for California has never once faded.

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