A Baker's Dozen for 2010 #7 - Crazy For You

Of the wave of west coast dreamy surfer pop bands to bubble up this year, Best Coast is the most perfectly named. They were the best. I'll try not to waste words with this review since there isn't a wasted note in this compact confessional.

Much like last year's breakout debut by The XX, Crazy For You is a bedroom confessional. It's just done by a girl who grew up on Pet Sounds over a guy who grew up on Joy Division.

And Bethany Constantino is the star here. Her voice pulls from country crooners like Cline and Lynn, but a little rougher from the bong smoke. Her diary is filled with plenty of hearts over i-s and plenty of millennial self-doubt. By the end, you just wanna hold her hand.

To name best songs just doesn't make sense on this album. They are pretty much interchangeable, and all like-able. But the sum of their parts makes something surprisingly special for those days you harken back to young lust.