In the perpetually bouncing, skating, blunt-smoking, laughing, crowd surfing, reverbed world of Best Coast and Wavves, over-thinkers, self-pitiers and gloomy types need not apply. The fact that Bethany Cosentino and Nathan Williams are a real-life couple only makes the story better. The two met at the age of 17, spent a summer together, went their separate ways and then got back together. Nathan and Bethany, too, are among the most entertaining Twitter users out there. NORRIS: The idea for this tour—was there just a hole in the schedule for both bands and you decided this would be a good thing to do now?
Crazy for You by Best Coast is an undisputed classic for moody stoners everywhere. After all, Best Coast has put out four full-length records since then. Obviously, the problem remains, because just recently, Cosentino penned a righteous essay for Lenny Letter, the online feminist newsletter run by Lena Dunham. Right off the bat, Cosentino stated:. Because she came up alongside Wavves, a band fronted by her on-and-off boyfriend Nathan Williams, their relationship became an inescapable part of her image.
Echo Chamber: Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino on the Time She Dumped Wavves' Nathan Williams
The band consists of songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Bethany Cosentino and guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno. Cosentino, a former child actress, began writing music as a teenager and was formerly a member of the experimentalist drone group Pocahaunted. After a brief tenure at college in New York City , Cosentino returned to the West Coast and began recording lo-fi demos with Bruno, whom she met in the Los Angeles music scene. After a string of 7-inch and cassette -only singles, the band signed to Mexican Summer , who issued the band's debut, Crazy for You , in
Have you seen this movie? It reminded me of Bethany Cosentino and Nathan Williams. Both hail from California and are full of a kind of youthful vigor and passion that makes me both incredibly happy and sad at the same time. Wavves is everything I love about rock and punk all rolled up into with a generous sprinkling of killer stoner-riffs and shit-tons of attitude.