Best Coast

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist | background = group_or_band | name = Best Coast | image = Bethany Cosentino from Best Coast at the Arches, Glasgow.jpg | landscape = yes | caption = Best Coast performing in 2011 | origin = Los Angeles, US | genre = {{flatlist| * Indie pop * surf * indie rock * alternative rock * power pop }} | years_active = 2009–2023 <small>(hiatus)</small> | label = {{hlist|Jewel City|Mexican Summer|Wichita|Post Present Medium|Group Tightener|Art Fag Recordings|Black Iris|Blackest Rainbow|Kobalt<ref>{{cite web|last=Pelly|first=Jenn|title=Best Coast Announce Mini-Album Fade Away|date=September 10, 2013 |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/50994-best-coast-announce-mini-album-fade-away/|publisher=Pitchfork.com|access-date=March 26, 2015}}</ref>|Harvest}} | website = {{URL|bestcoast.net}} | current_members = | past_members = * Bethany Cosentino * Bobb Bruno }}

'''Best Coast''' is an American rock duo formed in Los Angeles, California in 2009, currently on hiatus. The band consists of songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Bethany Cosentino and guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno. Cosentino, a former child actress, began writing music as a teenager and was formerly a member of the experimentalist drone group Pocahaunted. After a brief stint at college in New York City, Cosentino returned to the West Coast and began recording lo-fi demos with Bruno, whom she met in the Los Angeles music scene.

After a string of 7-inch and cassette-only singles, the band signed to Mexican Summer, who issued the band's debut, ''Crazy for You'', in 2010. It became an unexpected commercial success following Internet buzz surrounding the duo. Lewis Pesacov of Fool's Gold and Foreign Born produced, engineered and mixed the album. Best Coast added a touring drummer, Ali Koehler of Vivian Girls, and spent much of 2011 on the road for festival appearances and tour dates. Best Coast's sophomore effort, ''The Only Place'', was released in 2012 and featured a cleaner sound than their previous releases. In 2013, the duo released an EP, ''Fade Away'', and their third studio album, ''California Nights'', was released in May 2015. More recently, Best Coast released their fourth studio album, ''Always Tomorrow'', in February 2020.

In 2023, Cosentino put the band on hiatus to explore a solo career, releasing her debut album, ''Natural Disaster'', that same year. Bruno became the bass guitarist for the shoegaze band Nothing and contributed to their fifth album, ''A Short History of Decay'' (2026).

==History== ===Formation and early releases (2009)=== Best Coast was formed in 2009 by Bethany Cosentino (born November 3, 1986) and Bobb Bruno (born May 10, 1973) in Los Angeles, California. Cosentino had been around the Los Angeles music scene from a young age, and had been involved in talent competitions, musicals, audition tapes, and commercials for Little Caesars.<ref name="laweekly" /> She began writing music at age 15, inspired by Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, as well as Weezer and Blink-182. Cosentino began uploading her music to MySpace under the name "Bethany Sharayah".<ref name="allmusic" /><ref name="about">{{cite web |author=Anthony Carew |url=http://altmusic.about.com/od/interviews/a/bestcoast.htm |title=Best Coast Interview |publisher=About.com (IAC) |date=August 11, 2010 |access-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006034046/http://altmusic.about.com/od/interviews/a/bestcoast.htm |archive-date=October 6, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was approached and offered record deals from major labels in her teens, but resisted as they desired to mold her into a "pop princess" type.<ref name="allmusic" /><ref name="impose">{{cite web |title=Interview with Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast|author= Jeremy Krinsley|publisher=Impose|date=November 17, 2009|url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/interview-bethany-cosentino-best-coast|access-date=October 4, 2013}}</ref> In the mid-2000s, she met Amanda Brown at the downtown LA DIY venue the Smell. Brown attempted to act as a "big sister" to Cosentino, who seemed "sort of depressed, missing music, [and] feeling a bit weird about some of her friends."<ref name="laweekly" /> The two began playing together in the experimentalist, drone group Pocahaunted.<ref name="allmusic" /><ref name="about" /> Pocahaunted's music had no traditional lyrics, and instead contained wordless vocalizations from Cosentino and Brown.<ref name="laweekly" /> The collaboration began in 2006 and released several cassette-only recordings on local label Not Not Fun. The recordings were supervised and produced by Bobb Bruno, a multi-instrumentalist stalwart in the city's music scene.<ref name="laweekly">{{cite news |title=The L.A. Weekly Interview: Best Coast|author= Gustavo Turner|newspaper=LA Weekly|date=November 4, 2010|url= http://www.laweekly.com/2010-11-04/music/the-l-a-weekly-interview-best-coast/|access-date=October 4, 2013}}</ref>

Pocahaunted achieved minor success (at one point opening for Sonic Youth), but Cosentino left the project to pursue creative writing at the Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts in New York City.<ref name="laweekly" /> Studying journalism and creative nonfiction, she read Joan Didion, David Foster Wallace and other authors she enjoyed and she interned at ''The Fader'', where she penned a fashion column.<ref name="latimes">{{cite news |title=Queens of L.A.'s lo-fi scene|author=Jeff Weiss|newspaper=LA Weekly|date=February 7, 2010|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-noise-queens7-2010feb07-story.html|access-date=October 4, 2013}}</ref> Cosentino lived in Brooklyn and all but abandoned her musical pursuits, and soon fell into a mundane routine and seasonal depression in her second semester, feeling miserable.<ref name="about" /> Having grown up on the very sunny and warm West Coast, she found the city "stressful, congested and cold," and based much of her nonfiction on California.<ref name="laweekly" /> Although she felt she would be letting her family and friends down by dropping out, she phoned her mother to come help her gather her belongings and return to Los Angeles over the course of a weekend in March/April 2009.<ref name="laweekly" /> Returning to La Crescenta, she lived with her mother and began work as a part-time sales associate for Lush, but felt immediately inspired to write new music, using her acoustic guitar to cope with anxiety.<ref name="latimes" /> She informed Bruno, and the two began laying down demos in his home studio.<ref name="allmusic" /> The band's first release, "Sun Was High (So Was I)", was released by Art Fag and was the first of a string of 7-inch singles.<ref name="laweekly" />

The band's second 7-inch single, "When I'm with You", was financed by Black Iris, which functioned as both a music and film production agency. Lewis Pesacov oversaw the production, engineering and mixing of "This is Real" & "When I'm With You." After their first experience recording with live drums and "real" production, they made a conscious effort to stray away from their original, more lo-fi and hazy sound.<ref name="laweekly" /> A collection of 7-inch singles on Art Fag and Black Iris alerted Adam Shore, owner of buzz-generating website The Daily Swarm, who became the group's manager. Jeffery Kaye, label manager of Mexican Summer, discovered the band's music online.<ref name="laweekly" /> These releases included a cassette tape release, ''Where the Boys Are'', on the U.K. label Blackest Rainbow; a split 7-inch, "Up All Night", on Atelier Ciseaux; and an EP, ''Make You Mine'', on Group Tightener.<ref name="allmusic" /> Margaret Reges writes that Best Coast had "become something of a sensation by the time 2009 came to a close"; the band enjoyed a bit of attention from the media (notably from ''Nylon''), and ''Make You Mine'' made its way onto a few year-end lists.<ref name="allmusic" /> The band embarked on its first U.S. tour early the following year, sharing the stage with the Vivian Girls.<ref name="allmusic" />

===''Crazy for You'' and ''The Only Place'' (2010–2012)=== The duo recorded their debut album, ''Crazy for You'', for Black Iris at Mexican Radio Studios in Echo Park, California from January to April 2010. Lewis Pesacov of Fool's Gold and Foreign Born produced, engineered and mixed the album. "Boyfriend" was released as the lead single from the album on June 29, 2010. ''Crazy for You'' became a mainstream success upon its July 2010 release as a result of Internet buzz. It entered the ''Billboard'' 200 at number 36 with 10,000 units sold and debuted at No. 10 on Digital Albums.<ref name="bb">{{cite magazine |title=Best Coast Rides 'Crazy' Wave of Blog Buzz to Success|author= Kerri Mason |magazine=Billboard|date=August 16, 2010 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956836/best-coast-rides-crazy-wave-of-blog-buzz-to-success |access-date=October 4, 2013}}</ref> The album's success led to maximum exposure: "the blogosphere was suddenly abuzz with talk about her album, her tweets, her personal life, her daily habits and even one of her cats."<ref name="laweekly" /> Alongside the quick success came an intense level of scrutiny, Internet haters and venom from selected critics, some of whom viewed Cosentino's material as anti-feminist.<ref name="Flanders">{{cite news|url=http://www.laweekly.com/2012-05-10/music/the-branding-of-best-coast/2/|title=The Branding of Best Coast|author=Kai Flanders|date= May 10, 2012|newspaper=LA Weekly|access-date=April 21, 2013}}</ref> ''Crazy for You'' and its sound, "simple and pungent songs [...] toying with 1950s and '60s melodic structures," had become something of a touchstone for Best Coast and adopted by several other bands. Cosentino hid her vocals behind layers of reverb and distortion, which was an extension of her onstage anxiety.<ref name="Carimanica">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/arts/music/bethany-cosentino-with-new-sound-on-the-only-place.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|title=No More Reverb: Full-Throttle for Best Coast|author=Jon Carimanica|date= May 16, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=April 21, 2013}}</ref>

The band continued to gain popularity over the course of 2010 and 2011, due in part to touring and festival appearances.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |title=Best Coast - Biography|author=Margaret Reges|website=Allmusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/best-coast-mn0001593570/biography|access-date=October 6, 2013}}</ref> Ali Koehler of Vivian Girls became the band's interim touring drummer, but was ousted from the group at the end of 2011. During this period, much of the band's press consisted of details on Cosentino's relationship with Wavves' Nathan Williams. The two collaborated and toured together throughout 2011<ref name="allmusic" /> in a joint effort dubbed the ''Summer Is Forever'' tour.<ref name="McGrath">{{Cite journal |last=McGrath |first=Ryan |date=February 17, 2016 |title=California Dreaming: An Interview with Best Coast |journal=The Aquarian Weekly |publisher=Arts Weekly Inc. |url=http://www.theaquarian.com/2016/02/17/california-dreaming-an-interview-with-best-coast/ |access-date=May 7, 2016}}</ref> The extensive travel schedule subsequently inspired the lyrical content of the band's sophomore effort, ''The Only Place'' (2012). Cosentino felt that her life had dramatically changed in the two years following its release, having never spent so much time away from home.<ref name="tg">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/arts/music/bethany-cosentino-with-new-sound-on-the-only-place.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|title=Best Coast are back and this time they mean business |author=Rebecca Nicholson|date= May 11, 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=April 21, 2013}}</ref> The duo had a desire to create a record that "nobody was going to call lo-fi," and Bruno reached out to his former boss, producer/composer Jon Brion, known for his work on Kanye West's ''Late Registration'' (2005).<ref name="spin">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.spin.com/2012/07/best-coast-and-wavves-feel-good-inc/|title=Best Coast and Wavves: Feel Good Inc.|author=Phoebe Reilly|date=July 9, 2012|magazine=Spin|access-date=April 21, 2013}}</ref>

''The Only Place'', released in May 2012, was recorded at Capitol Records Studio B in Los Angeles, California.<ref name="linernotes">{{cite AV media notes | title=The Only Place | year=2012 | others=Best Coast | type=liner notes | publisher=Mexican Summer | location=US | id=MEX 109}}</ref> While previous recording sessions were marked by goofing off and studying, the duo took their sophomore effort more seriously and strove to create a different sound.<ref name="cp">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.citypaper.com/noise/index.php/2013/04/qa-best-coasts-bethany-cosentino-talks-old-school-country-confessional-songwriting-and-bench-pressing/|title=Q&A: Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino talks old-school country, confessional songwriting, and bench pressing|author=Brian Line|date=April 1, 2013|newspaper=Baltimore City Paper|access-date=April 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403000748/http://blogs.citypaper.com/noise/index.php/2013/04/qa-best-coasts-bethany-cosentino-talks-old-school-country-confessional-songwriting-and-bench-pressing/|archive-date=April 3, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The decision to work with producer Jon Brion was an effort to bring polish to the mixes. Brion, who admired ''Crazy for You'' and its production, planned to stay out of the way during sessions, hoping primarily to bring out Cosentino's vocals and emphasize the low-end of the mixes. Brion noted that the duo "were curious to not use the reverb thing as a crutch."<ref name="Carimanica"/> Brion equipped the duo with vintage analog gear, and attempted to make use of the studio's Les Paul-designed reverb chambers.<ref name="RS1"/> Brion noted that Cosentino and Bruno "have a secret language," and he merely suggested a few different guitars.<ref name="spin"/>

===''Fade Away'', ''California Nights'', ''Always Tomorrow'', and hiatus (2013–2023)=== Best Coast's next release, an EP entitled ''Fade Away'', was released on October 22, 2013, on singer Bethany Cosentino's new label, Jewel City.<ref name="RS2">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/new-best-coast-mini-album-due-this-fall-20130910|title=New Best Coast 'Mini Album' Due This Fall|author=Erin Coulehan|date=September 10, 2013|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=October 6, 2013|archive-date=September 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914025546/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/new-best-coast-mini-album-due-this-fall-20130910|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="lat1">{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-hear-now-best-coast-releases-new-i-dont-know-how-teases-ep-20130917,0,1702770.story|title=Hear now: Best Coast releases new 'I Don't Know How,' teases EP|author=Randall Roberts|date=September 17, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=October 6, 2013}}</ref> In October 2013, the band produced a charity [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117082827/http://www.yellowbirdproject.com/products/best-coast t-shirt] for the Yellow Bird Project to raise money and awareness for the L.A. Animal Rescue.<ref>{{cite web| title = Check out our new Best Coast tees, courtesy of The Yellow Bird Project! | url=http://www.bestcoast.us/post/65535741768/check-out-our-new-best-coast-tees-courtesy-of-the# |access-date=November 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102083400/http://www.bestcoast.us/post/65535741768/check-out-our-new-best-coast-tees-courtesy-of-the |archive-date=January 2, 2014 }}</ref> The shirt was launched at their Animal Rescue benefit concert, which took place at The Fonda Theatre on October 21, 2013. The duo toured with the Pixies in early 2014.<ref name="rs13"/>

The duo released their third studio album, ''California Nights'', on May 5, 2015. It was recorded, like ''Fade Away'', with Wally Gagel at his Wax Ltd studio.<ref name="nme1">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/best-coast/77080|title=New Best Coast album influenced by Gwen Stefani, The Go-Gos, Sugar Ray|date=May 2, 2014|magazine=NME|access-date=February 9, 2015}}</ref> The album was completed in April 2014. The album was initially reported to be produced by Butch Walker.<ref name="rs13">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/best-coast-working-on-a-nineties-album-with-butch-walker-20131119|title=Best Coast Working on a 'Nineties' Album With Butch Walker|author=Emily Zemler|date=November 19, 2013|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=February 9, 2015}}</ref> On March 10, 2015, the duo shared a lyric video for "Heaven Sent", a cut off the LP.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Camp|first1=Zoe|title=Best Coast Share "Heaven Sent" Lyric Video|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/58789-best-coast-share-heaven-sent-lyric-video/|website=Pitchfork.com|date=March 10, 2015 |access-date=March 10, 2015}}</ref>

In early 2016, the band embarked with Wavves on another extensive concert tour, billed as ''Summer Is Forever II'' and including the California indie rock band Cherry Glazerr.<ref name="McGrath"/>

On September 11, 2017, Best Coast began touring as support on Paramore's tour for their new release ''After Laughter''. In October 2017, the band headlined the first VintageVibe Festival with groups such as Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears and Nick Waterhouse in Palm Springs, California.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vintagevibefest.com/|title=Vintagevibe Festival|website=Vintagevibefest.com|access-date=August 5, 2023}}</ref>

In June 2018, Best Coast released their first album targeted to children called ''Best Kids''. Besides covers like "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", it also contains originals such as the lead single "Cats & Dogs".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/best-coast-childrens-album-interview-8462073/|title=How Best Coast Made a 'Rock Record For Kids' That Adults Can Love Too|last=Cirisano|first=Tatiana|date=June 22, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 7, 2019}}</ref>

In May 2019, Best Coast was announced as the house band on aftershow parody TV series ''What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/foxs-aftershow-parody-what-just-happened-adds-host-house-band-1214351|title=Fox's Aftershow Parody 'What Just Happened' Adds Co-Host, House Band (Exclusive)|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 30, 2019 |language=en|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref>

On January 17, 2020, Best Coast released a new single, "Everything Has Changed".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/best-coast-everything-has-changed-939288/|title=Hear Best Coast Preview New Album With 'Everything Has Changed'|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref> On the same day, they announced in an Instagram post the release of their fourth album, ''Always Tomorrow'', which was released on February 21, 2020, via Concord Records.

In May 2023, Cosentino decided to indefinitely put the project on hiatus as she explored a solo career. In a press statement regarding the decision, she wrote: {{cquote|My identity as a human being, and as an artist, has been so wrapped up in Best Coast for over a decade. The decision to pause the project indefinitely, and explore a new side of myself, was a very difficult one to make—but it felt necessary for me. Life is too short to not give yourself what you feel you need and want. I am excited about being just Bethany Cosentino for a while and figuring out who I am outside of the "Bethany from Best Coast" box I've lived in for such a long time.<ref name="Nast 2023">{{cite web | title=Bethany Cosentino Announces Debut Solo Album, Puts Best Coast on Indefinite Hiatus | website=Pitchfork | date=May 3, 2023 | url=https://pitchfork.com/news/bethany-cosentino-announces-debut-solo-album-puts-best-coast-on-indefinite-hiatus/ | access-date=May 3, 2023}}</ref>}}

Cosentino's debut solo album, ''Natural Disaster'', was released on July 28, 2023, via Concord Records.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brodsky |first1=Rachel |title=Bethany Cosentino Announces Debut Solo Album As Best Coast Go On Indefinite Hiatus |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2222508/bethany-cosentino-debut-solo-album-natural-disaster-its-fine-best-coast-hiatus/music/ |website=Stereogum |date=May 3, 2023 |publisher=Stereogum Media |access-date=May 4, 2023}}</ref>

==Musical style and influences== thumb|right|Bethany Cosentino created the band from a love of 1950s and 60s surf rock and girl groups.

Best Coast was originally loosely inspired by The Beatles and The Beach Boys, as well as straightforward 1950s/1960s pop music.<ref name="about" /> The band's music was described by ''The Guardian'' as "like a lo-fi 60s garage rock and surfing band fronted by a girl group singer".<ref>{{cite news|author=Paul Lester |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/26/new-band-best-coast |title=New band of the day – No 677: Best Coast {{pipe}} Music {{pipe}} guardian.co.uk |newspaper=Guardian |date= November 26, 2009|access-date=May 8, 2012 |location=London}}</ref> "Drawing inspiration from '60s surf rock and girl groups, Best Coast's noisy lo-fi sound gave a nod to contemporaneous acts like Hot Lava, the Vivian Girls, and Brilliant Colors," wrote Margaret Reges of Allmusic.<ref name="allmusic" /> Weezer and Blink-182 partially inspired Cosentino's songwriting, and Best Coast have covered the Blink-182 song "Dammit" in concert.<ref name="Flanders" /><ref name="nyt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/arts/music/blink-182-returns-with-new-album-neighborhoods.html?_r=1|title=Not Quite Gone, A Punk Band Is Coming Back|author=Jon Carimanica|date= September 16, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=September 17, 2011}}</ref> Pitchfork Media writes that "Best Coast carry enough influence from 90s California pop punk that they would've been right at home on a late-90s Warped Tour stage."<ref name="bestcoastblink">{{cite news|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/42397-video-best-coast-and-spectrals-cover-blink-182/|title=Video: Best Coast and Spectrals Cover Blink-182|author= Tom Breihan|date=May 3, 2011|publisher=Pitchfork Media|access-date=October 6, 2013}}</ref> Some genres they have been tagged as includes indie pop,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2017/07/best-coast-tour-paramore/|title=Best Coast Announces North American Tour|website=Spin.com|date=July 5, 2017|access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article171704207.html|title=Best Coast's Cosentino uses her voice for more than just rock songs|website=Charlotteobserver.com|access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-best-coast-video-baby-im-crying-binaural-3d-audio-20140328-story.html|title=Watch: Best Coast's 'Baby I'm Crying' being recorded in 3-D audio|date=March 28, 2014|access-date=October 17, 2017|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dusty-springfield-dolly-parton-inspire-best-coast-follow-up-20120120|title=Dusty Springfield, Dolly Parton Inspire Best Coast Follow-Up|magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref> surf/surf pop,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/surf-pop-stars-best-coast-simply-want-to-write-perfect-pop-songs/Content?oid=2246907|title=Surf-pop stars Best Coast simply want 'to write perfect pop songs'|first=Allie|last=Conti|website=Orlando Weekly|access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/pop-surfs-new-waves-of-nostalgia-2172397.html|title=Pop surfs new waves of nostalgia|website=Independent.co.uk |date=December 31, 2010|access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/best_coast-only_place_live_on_letterman|title=Best Coast 'The Only Place' (live on 'Letterman')|website=Exclaim.ca|access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2015/02/best-coast-announces-new-album-california-nights/|title=Best Coast announces new album California Nights|website=Consequenceofsound.net|date=February 18, 2015|access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref> indie rock,<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/128671-best-coast-crazy-for-you/ | title=Best Coast: Crazy for You | magazine=PopMatters | date=July 25, 2010 | access-date=March 23, 2015 | author=Pan, Arnold}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfweekly.com/music/music-music/no-small-ponds-for-bethany-cosentino/|title=No Small Ponds for Bethany Cosentino - By zruskin - September 20, 2017 - SF Weekly|date=September 20, 2017|access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/every-best-coast-song-ranked-5510460|title=Every Best Coast Song, Ranked|first=Art|last=Tavana|website=Laweekly.com|date=May 4, 2015|access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref> alternative rock,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/best-coast-wavves-cherry-glazerr|title=Best Coast + Wavves + Cherry Glazerr|website=Timeout.com|date=January 5, 2016 |access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/Best-Coast/news/Best-Coast-for-Dublin/14469076.html|title=Best Coast for Dublin - Music - News - Hot Press|website=Hotpress.com|access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref> power pop,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2010/07/23/128701132/best-coast-a-surf-rock-revival-with-crazy-for-you|title=Best Coast: A Surf-Rock Revival With 'Crazy For You'|website=NPR.org |access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.com/news/2011/jul/07/getting-sweaty-best-coast-and-saint-motel/|title=Getting Sweaty with Best Coast and Saint Motel|website=Independent.com|date=July 7, 2011 |access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3476302/weezer-everything-will-be-alright-in-the-end-album-review/|title=Review: Weezer Insists That Everything Will Be Alright in the End, and It Is|first=Katherine St|last=Asaph|magazine=Time|access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref> noise pop,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/2015/02/18/best-coast-announces-california-nights/|title=Best Coast announce third album, 'California Nights'|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=February 18, 2015|access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/news/best-coast-confirm-debut-album|title=Best Coast Confirm Debut Album|website=Clashmusic.com|date=June 9, 2010 |access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref> garage rock<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/12/30/144452776/the-year-in-garage-rock-5-favorites-for-2011|title=The Year In Garage Rock: 5 Favorites For 2011|website=Npr.org |date=December 30, 2011 |access-date=October 17, 2017|last1=Sullivan |first1=Becky }}</ref> and jangle pop.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/album-review-best-coast-place-article-1.1077796 | title=Album Review: Best Coast, 'The Only Place' | newspaper=New York Daily News | date=May 15, 2012 | access-date=March 22, 2015 | author=Farber, Jim}}</ref>

The band's second album, ''The Only Place'', was developed with a variety of influences: traditional country music (such as Loretta Lynn, Dusty Springfield and Patsy Cline), Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and Drake's ''Take Care''.<ref name="spin"/><ref name="cp"/><ref name="RS1">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dusty-springfield-dolly-parton-inspire-best-coast-follow-up-20120120|title=Dusty Springfield, Dolly Parton Inspire Best Coast Follow-Up|author=Matt Diehl|date=January 20, 2012|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref name="nyt"/> ''Fade Away'', the band's 2013 EP, was primarily inspired by Mazzy Star, Patsy Cline and My Bloody Valentine.<ref name="RS2"/> For their third album ''California Nights'', Cosentino cited Gwen Stefani, Sugar Ray and The Go-Go's as influences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/best-coast/77080|title=New Best Coast album influenced by Gwen Stefani, The Go-Gos, Sugar Ray - NME|website=NME |date=May 2, 2014}}</ref>

==Band members== * Bethany Cosentino – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano (2009–2023) * Bobb Bruno – lead guitar, bass guitar, drums (2009–2023)

'''Former touring musicians''' * Ali Koehler – drums, backing vocals (2010–2011) * Rafe Mandel – drums (2012) * Brady Miller – drums (2012–2016) * Brett Mielke – bass guitar, backing vocals (2012–2022) * Joseph Bautista – rhythm guitar, keyboards (2015–2022) * Dylan Wood – drums (2017–2019) * Dylan Fujioka – drums (2019–2022) * Brian Hill – drums (2022)

==Discography== {{Main|Best Coast discography}} * ''Crazy for You'' (2010) * ''The Only Place'' (2012) * ''California Nights'' (2015) * ''Always Tomorrow'' (2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/best-coast-announce-new-album-share-new-song-for-the-first-time-listen/|title=Best Coast Announce New Album, Share New Song "For the First Time": Listen|website=Pitchfork|last1=Minsker|first1=Evan|last2=Bloom|first2=Madison|date=November 5, 2019|access-date=November 6, 2019}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Best Coast}} * {{official website}}

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