Photos of Best Coast at 2021 Riot Fest in Chicago
Photos of Best Coast at Terminal 5 in New York, NY on February 18th, 2016
QRO’s review of Best Coast at Stubb’s in Austin, TX on February 11th, 2016
Photos of Best Coast at 2015 Maverick Music Festival in San Antonio, TX
Photos of Best Coast at Converse Rubber Tracks in Brooklyn, NY on February 28th, 2015
Photos of Best Coast at Fox Theater in Oakland, CA on February 21st, 2014
Photos of Best Coast at Pier 26 in New York, NY on September 7th, 2013
Photos of Best Coast at 2013 Riot Fest Toronto in Toronto, ON, Canada
Photos of Best Coast at 2013 Governors Ball in New York, NY
QRO’s review of Best Coast at Borderline in London on September 18th, 2012
Photos of Best Coast on Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, CA on September 6th, 2012
Ever since she started, Bethany Cosentino’s Best Coast have been as sunny as their favored coast, but also as lacking in depth. Records like 2012’s The Only Place (QRO review) and 2015’s California Nights (QRO review) were nice, but only nice, and that doesn’t change with the cheery Always Tomorrow.
Photos of Best Coast at 2011 Escape To New York Festival in Southampton, NY
Photos of Best Coast at 2011 Sasquatch! Music Festival in George, WA
QRO’s review of Best Coast at Thekla in Bristol, U.K. on May 1st, 2011
Photos of Best Coast at The Music Box in Los Angeles, CA on February 24th, 2011
QRO’s review of Best Coast at Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY on September 29th, 2010
Photos of Best Coast at South Street Seaport in New York, NY on July 23rd, 2010
First things first, Always is almost always a nice, enjoyable listen. From the rock-bop drive opener “Different Light” onward, this is an album that is easy on the ears. If there’s nothing that stands out as inspired, there’s also nothing that stands out as unwanted. Yes, the songs run together in a shiny sway, but pieces like “For the First Time” and “Master of My Own Mind” are what Best Coast do well.
So if you like Best Coast, and they’re easy to like, Always Tomorrow is another reason to like them, if not to love them.
