#wall of sound + bethany cosentino vocals??

[near-fantastica]

Talking myself out of finding somebody

Looking for luck in the places that haunt me

[the-music-dealer]

I thought about this song a lot during my first (and only) plane ride a few months ago. It just popped into my head. Not because I was flying over an ocean (I wasn’t) or because the tone of the song was right for how I felt (it wasn’t), but because I couldn’t believe I was finally leaving. It was all so surreal. 

I was going to write another glowing review of Best Coast here, but I just stumbled across the iTunes review of this EP, and I think it says it better than I could.

“Fans of vinyl will love how Best Coast’s 2009 Make You Mine 45 has translated to the digital format. They open on a reworking of The Beach Boys’ “In My Room” where a sliver of the song’s lyrics are the only original aspect left intact. Over modified melodies, singer Bethany Cosentino croons crumbling, distorted vocals as electric guitars fuzz-out into television static textures while the rhythm section holds it all down. It’s the perfect marriage of California adoration and a dedication to the lo-fi DIY ethos of early Slumberland records. “Over the Ocean” also waxes West Coast love with a tambourine-trimmed ‘60s sound. Cosentino contrasts the good vibrations with lovelorn lyrics of loneliness, creating a timeless feel. “Make You Mine” delves deeper into pre-psychedelic inspiration, this time as influenced by the era’s girl group genre. Twangy Fender guitars, handclapped rhythms, and backing doo-wop vocals bring out a bygone teenage urgency. “Feeling of Love” ends with reverberated guitars building a wall of sound more reminiscent of early-‘90s dream pop.”

“I remember looking out the window, and thinking I can’t believe I’m leaving.”