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Best Coast: A Song For What's Left Of Summer

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Best Coast: A Song For What's Left Of Summer

As summer rambles on, Best Coast's bright guitars and lovelorn lyrics are a perfect soundtrack for bumming around the beach on a sweltering day. The band is fronted by Bethany Cosentino, who, among other things, seems to have a songwriter's obsession with boys, laziness and marijuana. She rounds one of those bases in "Boyfriend."

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Best Coast: A Surf-Rock Revival With 'Crazy For You'

The duo of singer-songwriter Bethany Cosentino and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno, Best Coast plays straightforward power-pop saturated with West Coast imagery. David Black hide caption

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Best Coast: A Surf-Rock Revival With 'Crazy For You'

In recent years, there's been a resurgence of sun-baked rock, and Best Coast is now at its forefront. The duo of singer-songwriter Bethany Cosentino and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno, Best Coast plays straightforward power-pop saturated with West Coast imagery. Download "Boyfriend," the first track from its upcoming debut, here.

Best Coast: A Surf-Rock Revival With 'Crazy For You'

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