Best Coast's 2015 album
California Nights was a huge-sounding '90s-influenced statement that positioned the group on the verge of stadium stardom. After a five-year period of rethinking their music and personal lives, the duo return with a record that takes a less bombastic approach.
Always Tomorrow is a more musically diverse record that flows from
Weezer-y punk-pop ("Everything Has Changed") to smoothed-out
HAIM-style pop ("For the First Time") with stops at girl group melancholy ("True") and bopping new wave ("Seeing Red") along the way as the very personal lyrics detail
Bethany Cosentino's recovery and self-care process. She quit a few vices in the years between recordings and shifted around some priorities too; she's not shy about detailing the fine points of the changes she's been through while being backed by hooky
Bobb Bruno guitar breaks, fist-pumping choruses, and cheerfully familiar chord progressions. ~ Tim Sendra