Monday 13 December 2010

Reviews - Jessica Hung Han Yun

NME: NME is a weekly music magazine, that enables fans to access interview from there favorite bands to being able to discover new upcoming music.  The review posted by NME for the best coast described the album 'Crazy for you as being 'a total throwback to slackerdom’s last golden period, the early ’90s, writing songs about her anti-ambition lifestyle which are soaked in washes of distorted guitars', the review from this highly established magazine praises the album for having a different sound that allows the audience to be a kid again.'


Pitch fork: 8.4/10********.4 Pitch fork is a website that is an essential guide to the music of independent record labels for the public. They have over 2 million reader every month it makes this website a site that is loved by the public. Pitch fork described the record as being 'overall gorgeousness has a whole lot to do with Cosentino's voice, which hits every pitch with equal clarity and intention of tone', being a record that is 'instantly likable' and 'endearing'.


Guardian: 4/5 **** The Guardian is a newspaper that seems to have everything from the music to the news (internationally) the music section is highly regarded by the readers as the report on the future of music. 


The great review to this album continues as the Guardian praises the album saying that 'It's all set to dreamy poppets of tom-tom heavy, hazy pop that rarely last more than two-minutes-30. A charming introduction'. 


The love for this record in all the reviews is very clear the relaxed mood of the album gives it a charming twist that seems to have everyone dazed. 


Record labels: 
The record label Mexican summer  is that similar to Kemado Records.  This record company has been described as the 'sister' of Mexican summer this record label, this label would be another label that would be interested in the sound of best coast. The bands that they have signed to the label too are much like diamond nights a band that is unusual in their sounds. 


Another record label would have to be Captured Tracks they have signed many bands that also have a similar sound to best coast. Such as Dum dum girls, the sound of garage rock seems to have a good rhythm to this  and  follows certain patterns that Best coast do in their album too.

Beach fossils has the sound of best coast and is on the record label Popfrenzy, this company is a independant record label that started in SydneyAustralia  by Chris Wu.



Quotes that we can use from record companies/reviews that we can place in our digipak:
  • 8.4 stars from Pitch fork describing the record as overall 'gorgeousness'
  • 4/5 Guardian 'charming'
  • 'Hazy pop'
  •  'Album for having a different sound that allows the audience to be a kid again.'
  • 'Endearing'
  • 'Crazy for You will sound pretty great all year round'