Coast To Most.
Awesomely atmospheric like the haze of a midnight malaise that transcends as your mind transforms to what matters, "these California nights" live atop the landmark Capitol Records tower in Los Angeles is as scene setting as that titled last album off the Best Coast in 2015. But now there's 'Always Tomorrow' a half decade later. And like 'Heaven Sent' there's catchy tracks like what we hope is only the common cold from the jump in the "wait, wait, wait for you" of the 'Different Light' for a city that seems alien in twilight. Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno are back as the King James and A.D. like dynamic duo of music in the city of angels. Laker looking to heaven sent give us another classic like 'Fade Away', 'The Only Place' and 'Crazy For You'. Like a Rolling Stone magazine generation from Santa Monica to Malibu, or Marina Del Rey to Lana Del Rey, right now the sounds of California swing like the sixties with the power of a woman at the Joplin or Joni like forefront for all you Mama and Papas. You only have to see the Paul Thomas Anderson directed Haim hallmark music videos for one of the most anticipated albums of the year to see just how instant vintage classic everything is getting off the Sunset Strip. 'Everything Has Changed'. But as Bethany sings "I used to drink nothing but water and whiskey" about putting the bottle down and picking herself up finding happiness in another and not another round, Best Coast like a Brooklyn baby still belong here as the best on the West Coast.
Snoop Dogg hasn't even got it like this. From Long Beach to Compton. On 'For The First Time', Beth and Bruno bring us something that in testament sounds like a throwback, but it's a brand new day as Cosentino compellingly sings, "the demons inside of me might have finally been set free." Top down driving down the road of her recovery to another ode to getting happy and healthy, which is exactly what we need in a time were cancel culture seems as fickle as Hollywood, as we are killing each other, let alone ourselves. 'Graceless Kids'...it sure seems like that, but this track has that power and beauty. As "the Queen of the graceless kids" a week after Norah Jones brought her Puss N Boots country, alt-folk supergroup back, shows she can write a song just as simply lyrically good as the diamond mined 'Come Away With Me', singer as she says, "I might pretend like I don't care/Most of the time I swear I don't/Oh, on the days where nothing makes sense/Please just remember that I love you the most". On 'Wreckage' Best's Beth gets more of her own way. Although in the recovery department relapse is a threat and as she sings, "so if I'm good now why do I feel like a failure almost everyday" she knows. Acknowledging that even when we put the broken pieces back together, there's still cracks. We're still fighting with what we've beat. It's all part of the 'Rollercoaster' as Cosentino and Bobb take us up and down like a merry go round on this track. But as Bethany sings, "breathe it in/breathe it out" on 'Master Of My Own Mind' she becomes one as she focuses to get a fix on her self like she does the picks of her guitar. And it all sounds so good. For every bad day there's the second chance of tomorrow.
'Master' breaks into a masterful musical pitch change from the guitar HERo and a man with more instruments than a good doctor. Medical or "f### the police" N.W.A. Dre. The Wild West saloon sounding 'True' could find itself in the most stetson Western parts of this city as this lovely love song in the exact elixir for a heartbreak hangover. But for a perfect partnership that has scored hits and favourites like 'I Wanna Know', 'I Don't Know Why', 'Up All Night' and 'Dreaming All Night', the standout 'Seeing Red' like a raging bull beautifully begins like it ends in nostalgic neon like something straight out the storm drains of a Ryan Gosling 'Drive' soundtrack nightcall. 'Make It Last' is a track that will do exactly that too for this lasting legendary legacy of this rock group...always. Whilst 'Tomorrow' also brings us the cool 'Used To Be' closer on a collection you can just let play as you plug in, tune your radio to auxillary and drive from the bright lights of the big city 'till all you see is sun, sand, sea and you and me. As Beth beautifully sings,"Did you forget about me?/I'm sure that you're trying to/Though I don't want it to be true/It's only been a year/But I've let go of so much fear/And I just want what's best for you", could you even lament lost love more lovingly? The words just fit like life's poetry. And now one of the best rock outfits just got tighter. This album is Los Angeles timeless all the way to the city French window view under the palm tree shade of some album artwork that looks like its stayed at the 'Hotel California' for a classic concept that really flies like The Eagles. In Los Angeles to start a tragic 2020 we've already lost Kobe And GiGi. Times seem hard on the boulevard with broken dreams the Green Day same. But still like momma knows this coast is still best, there's 'Always Tomorrow'. TIM DAVID HARVEY.
Playlist Picks: 'Different Light', 'Seeing Red', 'Used To Be'.
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