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Artist......: Best Coast
Album.......: Always Tomorrow
Label.......: Concord Records
Genre.......: Indie
Catnr.......: CRE01185
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2020-02-22
Str.date....: 2020-02-21
Quality.....: 952 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://www.bestcoast.net/
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1. Different Light 3:12
2. Everything Has Changed 3:33
3. For The First Time 3:38
4. Graceless Kids 3:09
5. Wreckage 3:24
6. Rollercoaster 3:50
7. Master Of My Own Mind 3:16
8. True 3:19
9. Seeing Red 3:50
10. Make It Last 3:47
11. Used To Be 4:30
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,: The Best Coast narrative was simpleùcats, California, crushes, :,
: weed, all sung over sun-drenched guitars. But a closer read of :
:' the bandÆs output can be disconcerting: ôLook to the future, ':
,: nothingÆs there,ö Bethany Cosentino sang over tambourine hits on :,
: 2012Æs The Only Place. On her 2015 follow-up California Nights, :
:' her tone was similarly ebullient as she sang, ôI have no reason ':
,: to be sad/But I find a way/Almost every day.ö The song was :,
: titled ôWhen Will I Change.ö Fuzz pedals and spacious vocal :
:' reverb cast a warm sepia tone, but on their own, some of her ':
,: words sooner evoked dead-end depression than playful :,
: slacktivism. CosentinoÆs work met plenty of criticism, much of :
:' it openly sexist, but the troubling emotional undercurrents ':
,: were dismissed as growing pains, if they were mentioned at all. :,
: Sameness, both sonically and lyrically, was treated as an :
:' artistic block, rather than a psychological one. ':
,: :,
: Always TomorrowùBest CoastÆs first LP in five years, setting :
:' aside their 2018 childrenÆs albumùis a dispatch from a better ':
,: place. In that span of time, Cosentino made a number of moves :,
: toward personal growth. SheÆs become one of the most prominent :
:' figures to speak out about sexual misconduct in the music ':
,: industry, finding a new way of using her voice and platform to :,
: inspire change. And crucially, she began to pursue sobriety. She :
:' took inspiration in part from Jennifer Clavin of Bleached, ':
,: another SoCal band that turned a new leaf after years of hard :,
: partying. :
:' ':
,: The idea of public sobriety is relatively new; only a decade :,
: ago, stints in rehab and admissions of struggles with substance :
:' abuse might, at best, warrant a mawkish tour of the talk show ':
,: circuit. But in the era of confessional media, musicians like :,
: Cosentino, Clavin, and WaxahatcheeÆs Katie Crutchfield, as well :
:' as higher-profile celebrities like Ben Affleck and Courtney ':
,: Love, are speaking openly about getting clean. With the newfound :,
: visibility comes a breadth of approaches to creating art while :
:' sober. For Crutchfield, sobriety has meant a return ôto my ':
,: roots, musically,ö a pared-back, folk-inspired approach to :,
: songwriting that feels like a refresh. BleachedÆs post-sobriety :
:' album DonÆt You Think YouÆve Had Enough took a more direct ':
,: approach, while still keeping sobriety itself at armÆs length. :,
: :
:' CosentinoÆs preferred songwriting mode is more explicit. ôTook ':
,: away substances, thatÆs the only change I see,ö she sings on :,
: ôRollercoaster.ö ôDifferent Lightö makes no direct reference to :
:' drugs or alcohol, but emphatically encourages its subject to ':
,: embark on a similar journey. ôWho am I to judge if you still see :,
: things in a different light?ö she sings, her lack of judgement :
:' slightly unconvincing. Even when ruminating on anxiety, she ':
,: holds fast to a positive outlook: ôFinally IÆve seen the :,
: light/Finally IÆm the master of my own mind,ö she sings on :
:' ôMaster of My Own Mind.ö ':
,: :,
: ItÆs not a surprise to hear direct inspiration from CosentinoÆs :
:' personal lifeùsheÆs never been one to take poetic license when ':
,: itÆs just as easy to say, ôIÆm crying.ö Where previous records :,
: translated that candidness into empathy, here her singular focus :
:' comes across as self-satisfied. ItÆs not that sobriety itself ':
,: is boring or smug; itÆs that Cosentino has seemingly started at :,
: the finish line. ôI guess this is what they mean when they say, :
:' æpeople can change,Æö she sings on ôFor the First Time.ö She is ':
,: even more straightforward on ôEverything Has Changed,ö :,
: recounting old insecurities and bad habits before belting the :
:' chorusÆ affirmation: ôEverything has changed, and I like it ':
,: this way.ö If it sounds like a motivational after-school :,
: special, it might be because Cosentino wrote the lyrics a year :
:' prior to kicking substances, imagining an ideal world before ':
,: she began to occupy it. ThatÆs a testament to the power of :,
: self-actualizationùbut it can also scan as superficial, treating :
:' sobriety as a silver bullet. ':
,: :,
: While the songwriting can be simplistic, Always Tomorrow also :
:' showcases CosentinoÆs expanding range as a vocalist and ':
,: songwriter. ThereÆs a chiming richness to her voice; bright, and :,
: clean, it cuts above the thick reverb of the instrumentation :
:' without turning to syrup. Working with producers Carlos de la ':
,: Garza and Justin Meldal-Johnsen, whoÆve elevated powerhouse :,
: vocalists for bands like Paramore, Charly Bliss, and Cherry :
:' Glazerr, Cosentino uses her voice to set the moods to match the ':
,: albumÆs more adventurous compositional modes. ThereÆs a clear :,
: effort to differentiate Best CoastÆs songs from their presumed :
:' mold of surf rock and hazy power-pop. Small flourishes, like ':
,: the synths that introduce ôSeeing Redö or the soaring chords on :,
: ôUsed to Be,ö help to break away from uniformity. On ôTrue,ö an :
:' uncharacteristically slow and twangy love song, her elongated ':
,: vowels exude a lonesome sweetness that recalls Roy Orbison. As :,
: easy as it might be to discard CosentinoÆs platitudes about :
:' personal growth, itÆs tough to ignore the obvious strides sheÆs ':
,: made as a vocalist. :,
: :
:' Best Coast spent years chasing highs and documenting the lows ':
,: with impressive, if often prosaic, frankness. And though theyÆve :,
: finally found the optimism to match their sun-washed :
:' disposition, itÆs CosentinoÆs musicianship and knack for melody ':
,: that prevents these songs from turning to fluff. Still, the :,
: record often slips into performative positivity; worthy ideas :
:' about overcoming challenges are subsumed by her rosy outlook. ':
,: Despite the sheen of self-reflection, Always Tomorrow feels :,
: designed to convince everyone else as much as herself. :
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