Monday, January 11, 2010

When I'm With You - Best Coast



"So when I'm with you, I have fun. Yeah when I'm with you, I have fun."
Although she's only 22 years old, Bethany Cosentino has already changed her musical style several times throughout the years. As a 16 year old, she recorded bittersweet anti-folk pop songs under the name Bethany Sharayah. A few years later, she was one half of the self described "Mary-Kate and Ashley of Drone" duo, Pocahaunted. After a bad year in college in New York, Bethany returned to California to start her lo-fi beach pop project, Best Coast, with her friend/former babysitter Bobb Bruno.
Best Coast tends to fall under the same shoegaze-but-not-quite category as other girl bands like the Vivian Girls, Dum Dum Girls, and Grass Widow, but Bethany's confident vocals and harmonies make her stand out from the rest. Every song radiates summertime nostalgia, ocean water, wav(v)es, and dreams of love.
Catch Best Coast and the Vivian Girls at the Smell on February 6th.

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