The band announced the album along with tour dates and the release of a "dreamlike" video directed by Adam Harding for the title track, which also served as the lead single.[3] On the band's official website, singer-songwriter Bethany Cosentino described the band's approach to the making of the album, stating: "In LA, there's a real darkness that you don't see unless you know where to look. That's a theme we very consciously decided to explore and play with when making this record. We related to the idea that things may look or sound fun and upbeat, but they may not actually always be that way."[4]
A video for second single "Heaven Sent" directed by Lana Kim and Cosentino was released on April 1, 2015.[5] Third single "Feeling Ok" followed in mid-April, which the duo performed on Conan on May 5.[6] "In My Eyes" was serviced to US alternative radio on February 23, 2016, as the album's fourth single.[7]
Two outtakes from the album sessions, "Late 20s" and "Bigger Man", were released on an exclusive Record Store Day release in April 2016.
California Nights has received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 69 based on 26 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[8]
Track listingedit
All tracks are written by Bethany Cosentino
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Feeling Ok"
3:16
2.
"Fine Without You"
3:21
3.
"Heaven Sent"
3:25
4.
"In My Eyes"
3:46
5.
"So Unaware"
3:03
6.
"When Will I Change"
3:52
7.
"Jealousy"
3:27
8.
"California Nights"
5:11
9.
"Fading Fast"
2:11
10.
"Run Through My Head"
4:00
11.
"Sleep Won't Ever Come"
3:58
12.
"Wasted Time"
3:52
Total length:
43:22
Personneledit
Credits adapted from the liner notes of California Nights.[18]
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^Andrews, Charlotte Richardson (April 21, 2015). . NME. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
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January 01, 1970
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California Nights is the third studio album by American rock duo Best Coast It was released on May 1 2015 by Harvest Records 2 It was produced by Wally Gagel who also produced the duo s 2013 EP Fade Away 2 California NightsStudio album by Best CoastReleasedMay 1 2015 2015 05 01 StudioWax Ltd Hollywood California GenreIndie popalternative rock 1 Length43 22LabelHarvestProducerWally GagelBest Coast chronologyFade Away 2013 California Nights 2015 Always Tomorrow 2020 Singles from California Nights California Nights Released February 24 2015 Heaven Sent Released March 11 2015 Feeling Ok Released April 14 2015 In My Eyes Released February 23 2016 The band announced the album along with tour dates and the release of a dreamlike video directed by Adam Harding for the title track which also served as the lead single 3 On the band s official website singer songwriter Bethany Cosentino described the band s approach to the making of the album stating In LA there s a real darkness that you don t see unless you know where to look That s a theme we very consciously decided to explore and play with when making this record We related to the idea that things may look or sound fun and upbeat but they may not actually always be that way 4 A video for second single Heaven Sent directed by Lana Kim and Cosentino was released on April 1 2015 5 Third single Feeling Ok followed in mid April which the duo performed on Conan on May 5 6 In My Eyes was serviced to US alternative radio on February 23 2016 as the album s fourth single 7 Two outtakes from the album sessions Late 20s and Bigger Man were released on an exclusive Record Store Day release in April 2016 Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 5 Release history 6 ReferencesCritical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic69 100 8 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 9 Consequence of SoundB 10 Drowned in Sound5 10 11 The Guardian nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 12 Los Angeles Times nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 13 NME7 10 14 Pitchfork6 4 10 15 PopMatters7 10 1 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 16 Spin8 10 17 California Nights has received generally positive reviews from music critics At Metacritic which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics the album has received an average score of 69 based on 26 reviews which indicates generally favorable reviews 8 Track listing editAll tracks are written by Bethany CosentinoNo TitleLength1 Feeling Ok 3 162 Fine Without You 3 213 Heaven Sent 3 254 In My Eyes 3 465 So Unaware 3 036 When Will I Change 3 527 Jealousy 3 278 California Nights 5 119 Fading Fast 2 1110 Run Through My Head 4 0011 Sleep Won t Ever Come 3 5812 Wasted Time 3 52Total length 43 22Personnel editCredits adapted from the liner notes of California Nights 18 Best Coast Bethany Cosentino guitar vocals Bobb Bruno guitar bass keyboards Technical Wally Gagel production recording mixing Seth Olansky assistance Vincent Silva assistance Howie Weinberg mastering Gentry Studer mastering assistance Additional musicians Brady Miller drums guitar percussion keyboards Wally Gagel percussion bass synthesizer keyboards guitar Artwork Janell Shirtcliff photography Lawrence Azerrad designCharts editChart 2015 Peakposition Australian Albums ARIA 19 43 US Billboard 200 20 53 US Independent Albums Billboard 21 3 US Top Alternative Albums Billboard 22 4 US Top Rock Albums Billboard 23 5Release history editRegion Date Format Label Australia 24 May 1 2015 CDdigital download Capitol Germany 25 United Kingdom 26 May 4 2015 Virgin EMI United States 27 HarvestReferences edit a b Hardmeyer Casey May 5 2015 Best Coast California Nights PopMatters Archived from the original on May 7 2015 Retrieved May 8 2015 a b California Nights by Best Coast iTunes Store Australia 4 May 2015 Archived from the original on May 18 2015 Retrieved May 8 2015 Spanos Brittany February 24 2015 Best Coast Detail New Album Release Dreamlike 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