Best Coast - Crazy For You

Having caused a buzz with their early singles, California-based duo Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno release their debut long-player. Lyrically, it’s all summer lovin’, lazy hazy days and unobtainable boys. “I wish he was my boyfriend/I’d love him to the very end/But instead he is just a friend,” sings Cosentino on album-opener Boyfriend. Next, Jesus and Mary Chain-style reverb bleeds through some sweet Ronettes harmonies on the album’s title track. Cosentino has a lovely post grunge vocal that is effortless to the point of having a reluctance to it, like it’s a real drag sometimes for her to even summon up the words.

And so the album continues on with its evocative adolescent yearnings, like Vivian Girls getting stoned in their car and gazing at hot guys through the window while The Beach Boys play on the stereo. So far, so awesome, but the only slight problem is that, after a few tracks, it becomes clear there aren’t many musical dimensions to Crazy For You. Most songs adhere to mid-tempo garage-rock rather than offering any diversions. However, such lack of variety isn’t really a massive deal considering the 13 tracks are all over inside 30 minutes, and bolting on one of the more jaunty numbers, former single, When I’m With You, as a bonus track exits the album on the same high it came in on.

Hinting at greater things to come from Best Coast, Crazy For You is, at the very least, a musical escape - the coolest daydream of summers past. And that’s reason enough to be grateful.