Sep
20
2010
Best Coast, aka Bethany Cosentino, is bringing you lazy indie- surf -pop gems with her ‘Crazy For You‘ album which literally wrestles to keep that priceless summer vibe going.
Lead single ‘Boyfriend‘, is irritatingly catchy and will have you hitting play again and again. Another stand out track, ‘When I’m With You‘, is so deliciously slow -paced that it would even make lying in a hammock feel strenuous.
Cosentino’s honey vocals combined with lo- fi reverb guitars provide the album with an indie haze synonymous to that of ‘Eternal Summers‘, and ‘Girls‘. Lyrically, the songstress adds a welcome punk edge to the otherwise pop-y tracks channeling Courtney Love‘s gasp at times.
Elsewhere I am reminded a little of The Breeders‘ and their incredible ‘Last Splash‘ album . It is just too easy to like this surf -inspired album and I have no doubt they will wash up into a sea of summer playlists for years to come. One of the albums of the year.
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Post by the patient Ruby
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TRACKS:
Best Coast – When I’m With You
2 comments | tags: Best Coast, California, Courtney Love, Hole, Ruby, The Breeders | posted in Album Spotlight, Global Reach
Apr
24
2009
I am a complete sucker for The Breeders, Veruca Salt, Elastica and Hole. These bands had style, attitude and worked wonders for cementing sexual equality in the male dominated 90′s alt-rock landscape. On the basis of the single ‘Is It True That Boys Don’t Cry?’, Bleech could be the next band to join this illustrious list.
Sisters Jennifer and Katherine O’neill (on guitar and bass respectively) and Matt Bick on (the drums) hit all the indie rock prerequisites: East London natives *check*, NME backing *check*, support slots for Pete Doherty *check*, a string of credibility aiding live dates including scheduled performances at Camden Crawl, Islington Academy and later this year a performance on The South Bank at The National Theatre for for its nationwide New Connections youth theatre programme *check*
However, you don’t have to rely solely on the media friendly junkets because Bleech offer multiple hooks, inventive melodies and enough talent to justify the hype. Their well produced lo-fi recordings (a contradiction in terms but one that has become a method of production in its own rights) are the perfect vehicle to showcase the bands potential and win new fans.
I’ve definitely been won over and will be doing my best to check out one of the numerous gigs the band has lined up from here until the summer. You should too!
MP3′s:
Bleech – Is It True That Boys Don’t Cry?
Bleech – Give Me A Witch
1 comment | tags: bleech, British, Elastica, Hole, Music, The Breeders, Veruca Salt | posted in Artist Spotlight
