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- Summary: The debut full-length solo release from Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino was produced by Butch Walker.
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- Record Label: Concord
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Jul 28, 2023It's a style that evokes the breezy, early '90s rock of artists like Sheryl Crow and Bonnie Raitt, yet still retains all of the ringing melodicism of Best Coast. She also trades some of her cool girl swagger for a refreshing vulnerability and open heartedness.
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Jul 26, 2023A rich, multifaceted insight into contradictory nature of growing up and older, this is Bethany’s finest move yet.
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Aug 11, 2023The tender “For A Moment” showcases the power and beauty of Cosentino’s voice whilst ‘Real Life’ is another example of her ability to craft beauty from darkness and is as good as anything that Swift and Dessner came up with on evermore and folklore.
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Jul 25, 2023Natural Disaster builds on the laidback, Californian sound that defined much of Best Coast's catalogue, and is a reflective time capsule of a moment between distinct chapters in Cosentino's life.
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Jul 26, 2023Working with producer Butch Walker (Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran) in his Nashville studios, Cosentino reaches for the pop heights with timely tunes and lyrics which are current, but also middle of the road at times.
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Jul 31, 2023Perhaps the slightly stentorian tone of Cosentino’s vocals is at odds with the fragility of some lyrics – she sounds pretty much invulnerable whether celebrating love, or admitting she never thought she’d be worthy of it. Still, when she stretches herself, as on piano ballad Easy or the moody alt-country of Real Life, it feels as if she has a real future on her own.
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Aug 3, 2023Cosentino sounds strongest when she gives herself permission to veer from her influences and find her own voice.
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