AND THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO SENT IN SUBMISSIONS! YOU GUYS ROCK!!! :D

28 July 4 Permalink

so glad to have found something like this cuz i always wanted a way to thank the band for making such a great album. i vividly remember first hearing “boyfriend” at our favorite bar (which is random cuz the jukebox was always playing 80s shit) and thinking it was aisler’s set, googling it and finding out it was some band called best coast.

was at the record store the next day and picked up the album. i actually remember the date too, it was december 19th, because i had taken some extra time off from work because my family dog was dying of cancer after 15 years and it didn’t seem like she had much longer to live. i’m a 25 year old guy who 99% of the time listens to shit like jadakiss and t.i. but the album had such a great vibe and such beautiful songs. for the next four days i just sat in the basement, listening to the album on repeat playing video games but mostly just petting my sick dog. like seriously on repeat, by the end of the week the whole album occupied the top slots of my itunes most played. my dog died on the 23rd and it was a really sad christmas, and i know this is sounding mega emo but anyone who’s loved a pet understands this; and seriously the album really helped me get through losing my best friend of 15 years. anytime i listen to the album now i always think about how lucky we were to have each other and it’s very consoling.

the songs obviously kick ass on a basic level, but they also have an emotional resonance that we all can understand. thank you guys so much.

-keefgr

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BEST COAST

What can I say? They’re the greatest band ever to exist! They’re from L.A, I’m from L.A. They love cats, I love cats. They love boys, I love boys. ;) Best Coast is a perfect band. I’m so happy I discovered them. I actually found out about Best Coast because of Rivers Cuomo. I saw him tweeting Beth on Twitter and I clicked on the infamous @bestycoastyy and I ended up finding the best band in the world. No wonder the word “Best” is in the title, because obviously, they are the best! :) BC 4eva <3

- Mandy 

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thank you best coast

words cant even describe how much best coast means to me. i’m pretty sure they’ve changed my life musically and just in general. i heard about them around the time of fyf and although i didnt go to fyf i saw them at the music box, pasadena, and getty. :3 something about best coast in general is so special, how their music can make me feel so proud of living in los angeles and of the beach and the beauty of california. I met bethany at make music and before that i already had so much respect for her but upon meeting her idk, i was just so grateful to have the chance to tell her how much she inspires me as a person for being herself and her fashion taste too hehe, as well as to stop putting on make up, even if it was embarrassing that i was almost sobbing :3 i also want to thank ali for being so kind and sweet and telling beth i was waiting for her, and how great of a drummer she is. bob as well for all his metalness :3 best coast has become one of those bands i can listen to at anytime of the day and for as long as i live i’m so thankful to have had the chance to experience them live. i really hope someday everyone is able to see them live as well. thank you bethany, ali, and bob for being in a band that brings happiness to me whenever i listen to your music and for making an impact on my life. :3

-catluvr4lyfe

27 July 3 Permalink

Crazy For You Party!!!!! (submission)

Well I’m Brianna, i live in San Antonio,TX and I just wanna get out there that Best Coast is probably one of my favorite-est bands in the entire universe!!!!! <333 When I first heard When I’m With You a few years ago, I was hooked.

The Crazy For You album means alot to me for one because it reminds me of California and how much I miss it and imagine being there right now. It gets me in this sunny kind of mood,where i’m just free and happy,and i enjoy that :) I’ve been to Cali twice and im already homesick for it,even though I don’t live there! ha Also, the album means alot to me cause Beth has became an idol to me. I play guitar and so I admire her voice,music,skills,fashion,and attitude towards everything. What an influence! :)

The group as a whole though are just as badass though,and I wanna THANK THEM SO MUCHHHHHH for creating this fine album and making the soundtrack for days when I’m riding in my car and it’s sunny out and I’m just in a swell mood :) love them all!

And my favorite song on CFY is all of them!!!!!!!! :D its so hard to choose which but i’d probably have to say “I Want You” is my fav song cause i love the feel of it,the sound,and the end of the song just makes it fun to bop your head to :) <3

I would take a pic of the CFY album and me but i dont have one :I i bought the album on itunes instead lol

But yes,this is my submission! Tell Beth and the others about it! :) lol

P.S. One of my dreams is to see Best Coast live and i live in San Antonio and no one ever comes here…I just wish I could see them!! I want them to come to San Antonio :D or at least somewhere in Texas again,i’ll go wherever.

-bridoll20

27 July 4 Permalink

I Want To

The 1st time I saw Best Coast was in Tallahassee on the Summer Is Forever Tour w/Wavves earlier this year. Wavves was on first and were the main reason for my attendance. I wanted to chill with them and smoke some blunts I snuck into the venue but they needed some time after their set.

I was into Best Coast but had heard some mixed things about the live show. They started with ‘Crazy For You’ and the place went nuts. It was on FSU campus but the whole scene seemed to be straight out of a High School Prom dance in a too-good-to-be-true unmade John Hughes movie. I mean that in the most positive way.

Everyone was swaying and jiving to the music but I had to leave after 4 songs to go smoke. When I came back into the venue Best Coast had just started ‘I Want To’, one of my favorites. I was ripped out of my mind and the place turned into a huge circle pit when the drums pick up at the end.It was unreal.

They played 2 new songs ‘When You Wake Up’ and ‘Sunny Adventure’ and even though people weren’t yelling every word the energy never dipped. I will also never forget watching drunk frat bros pogo-ing around yelling along to “Ever since I was a liiiitle giiiirl, my mama always told me there’d be booooys liiiike you!” hahahaha. So much energy and so many good vibes.

They ended with ‘Each and Every Day’ and Bethany fell off her amp at the end! It was pretty funny, but looked like it hurt a lil :/ Bobb’s guitar was spot on and Ali was just perfect. I wish I had seen the whole show but I got to see them at Bonnaroo as well which was just as good.

After seeing Best Coast twice this year I went from a casual fan to searching for some of the first couple 7 inches and looking into the members back catalogs. The music just puts everyone in a good mood and even if people don’t like it at first they eventually cave and admit they are at least a guilty pleasure later on haha. The songwriting is genuine and they all have the chops to deliver live, what more could you want? I haven’t heard a bad Best Coast song yet.

- ossf

27 July 1 Permalink

Your Personal Thank You to Crazy For You…

Crazy For You makes my heart melt.

Thank You Best Coast for making the album that got me through boy problems and overall life. You guys dont know how much one album can inspire someone and I just want to make music thanks to Crazy for you.

- Celestialindian

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Before Crazy for You, I had never listened to any other band whose songs were so relatable. I was going through a hard time in my life when I first downloaded Crazy for You, and I felt like I had found a new best friend. “Goodbye” was my theme song for a couple months, and “When I’m WIth You” has been my alarm clock song for ages—I wake up to Best Coast every morning! I’m planning on getting a tattoo done of the “Sunset” logo that is the inspiration for the CfY cover art. I can’t wait to get it done!

So, basically, I want to thank Bethany, Ali and Bobb for everything they have done for me. They seem like such great people, and I can’t wait to see the band live! Keep the music coming, guys.

 - Madalaine

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Happy birthday CRAZY FOR YOU!! Thank you for bringing this album, Crazy For You, into our lives. It’s so relatable, it’s actually quite terrifying - how do you know my thoughts?! How did you manage to turn them into songs!? Anyways, make sure that album has a great birthday, get it wasted, and make sure it’s one to remember. Or not.
love,
Janie

- RacingSunbeams

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SUMMER MOOD

best coast; summer mood:

fits life to a T; you, me.
beauty in being, seeing, doing,
fucking MOVING. 

HBDCFY! YEAHH

 - wondrouschild

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I first heard Best Coast during a SXSW preview show by All Songs Considered on NPR, They played When im With You it was life changing. Then the album came out i was so stoked my BFF got a copy i uploaded it was was transported into lo fi heaven:) Songs Like Boyfriend are so relatable especially to Gay Guy’s as you never truly now if the guy you like is gay or straight. Bethany captured the longing you feel to be together and be that couple everyone envys. Also she music has gotten me through some marijuana induced paranoia and really calmed me down especially her earlier ep’s which are jewels on too themselves.im still listing to her music daily along with other heavy weights i think Bethany is going to have a following similar to the velvet underground and be very influential. Best Coast is truly one of my favorite bands fuck the haters (coughing sound hipsterrunoff).

-caplanepormoi

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Me holding my Crazy For You cd and a Best Coast patch I hand made and sewed onto the back of a sweater. I found out about Best Coast on the internet sometime in late August of 2010. First song I heard was When I’m With You and I loved it. My favorite songs off of CFY are alll of them, obviously, but especially Bratty B, I Want To, Our Deal, When I’m With You, and When the Sun Don’t Shine. Thank you Best Coast!

- natalieherrejon 

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Dear Best Coast,
Thank you so much for making Crazy For You! This record has literally brought me through my first year of high school. I have so many memories of hanging out in the cafeteria, in the halls, under the staircases, listening to this record. Without Crazy For You my year wouldn’t have been the same. Without Crazy For You, I wouldn’t be the same. This record has brought me closer to my best friend and made me just so happy in so many ways, it would be hard to list them all. Whenever I’m feeling down, I always like to turn on this record and things just suddenly feel, well, a whole lot better. Thank you for all you’ve brought me with Crazy For You and everything else, Best Coast. You really are an inspiration.
With Lots of Love,
Isabel

P.S. Can’t wait for the next record, but I don’t know how you’ll be able to top this!

- loony-longbottom 

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRAZY FOR YOU!  one of my favorite cds of all time.

-skinnyneckhexxx

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This bad boy turns 1 years old today. Will be jammin nothing but this today. Happy day of birth, “Crazy For You” : )

- xfrofrox

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Happy 1st birthday Crazy For You! Still sounds fresh as a new born

- tourettes

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27 July 3 Permalink

What the media said about Crazy For You…

Whatever the case, Crazy for You delightfully munches on your ear, raising all those frisky hairs on the back of your neck. Over 12 tracks, Cosentino’s strung together worthy successors for the half a dozen singles she’s already issued this year alone. And no, the topic never changes. Never. In fact, you could argue that she uses the same lyrics again and again, but look at the album’s title for Christ’s sake. Chalk it up to a concept, but Cosentino makes no case for us to assume she has anything else on her mind but heartbreak and love. And for that, she succeeds with dazzling (and dizzying) results. She doesn’t bleed so much as she moans and whimpers or cries and calls. Most of the time, you’d consider that nagging, but oddly enough, you’ll want to listen to it more and more and again and again. Maybe we’re just crazy for her.

- Consequence of Sound

Even if the sensibility and the subject matter are a little different these days, Best Coast’s catchy tunes still depend on the basic foundations of good time-tested love songs, using simple, stuck-in-your-head hooks to convey the complex thrills and agonies of crushing on someone who doesn’t notice. Since the mood of the music is so bright and bouncy, it’s easy to overlook Cosentino’s neuroses and blissed-out frustrations, which put Best Coast’s love songs squarely in a genre that seems almost universal, whatever the particulars and configurations

- Pop Matters

“Endearing is the key word that comes to define Crazy for You; while most of the guitar-based indie pop that’s made waves over the past few years has been characterized by scenester antagonism and attempts to fit in, this record is carefree and instantly likable— even if it doesn’t seem to care what you think of it… It may be a summer album by design (I mean, for Christ’s sake— thatcover), but I’ll place my bet that Crazy for You will sound pretty great all damn year, and beyond.”

-Pitchfork

After a string of low-fi pop singles last summer, indie-rock teen prodigy Bethany Cosentino — cat lover, foodie, Breeders fan — decided on a simple recipe for her debut LP with partner Bobb Bruno: Beatles-ish drums, Ramones-ish guitars, Phil Spector-ish vocals. The result: reverb-frosted tunes full of girl-group tunefulness and Nineties alt-rock snarl. It’s catchy and pleasure-packed, even if the smartass, lovelorn lyrics never get much deeper than “Want to kill you but then I’d miss you.” Modern but classic, it’s a summer play-on-repeat record that even your grandma might dig.

- Rolling Stone

Best Coast’s music wishes for that innocence – for when a pop song could sum up your whole torment in three perfect minutes, before your heart truly gets broken that first time – and successfully evokes it with Crazy for You’s immediate classic-pop hits.

- BBC Music

27 July 2 Permalink