: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : 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.....: 269kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://www.bestcoast.net ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 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 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 39:28 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 80.10 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: 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. : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 2 0 \/