I haven’t had a chance to catch local LA band Best Coast live yet, but they’ve been getting a good bit of buzz on both local and national music blogs and are about to embark on a quite extensive European tour. Led by Bethany Cosentino with guitar and drum support from Bobb Bruno, the band very clearly pulls its influences from 1960s surf pop with a bit of a lo-fi garage band undertone, which is kind of a good fit for LA this time of year as we start to move into summer and feel the call of the beaches.
The video for their single “When I’m With You” just came out, and it falls right into that pocket with an added dose of “huh”, with Bethany hanging out with a Ronald McDonald clone on the beach, then stopping by In N Out for a burger. Gotta say, part of me loves the idea that Ronald McDonald would go turncoat and eat at In N Out, and really, who can blame him?
Links
via Stereogum
MySpace
iTunes (they only have a four-song EP and a couple of singles; iTunes has the EP, but Amazon only has the singles)
Amazon.com MP3
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August 24, 2010
[...] experimenting with different musical styles more than with lyrical depth). Basically if you like Best Coast’s sound but think the songwriting is a little on the simplistic side (no disrespect, I [...]