10 Greatest Garage Rock Music Albums Of The 2010s

10. Crazy For You - Best Coast

Bethany Cosentino was a child actor before turning her attention to music in her teens.

She was courted by several major labels, who saw her as the next big thing in conventional pop. Cosentino, whose heroes included Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan, took one look at these offers and politely declined.

She teamed up with musician and producer Bobb Bruno to form Best Coast in 2009. The duo put out their first album Crazy for You the next year and it blew everyone away.

Cosentino had struggled with depression after her initial creative career floundered and channelled a lot of those feelings into this album. It's full of longing; a melancholy sense that there is a better world out there if you can just reach for it.

It sounds absolutely beautiful, with Cosentino's dreamy vocals blending perfectly with the messy guitars that back her up. The production is intentionally lo-fi, harkening back to the early days of self-made artistic rock music.

Best Coast have gone on to make three more albums since this one, but went on hiatus in 2023. Here's hoping they're not away for too long.