Always Tomorrow

Best Coast - Always Tomorrow
Critic Score
Based on 20 reviews
2020 Ratings: #781 / 871
User Score
Based on 139 ratings
2020 Rank: #870
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CRITIC REVIEWS

83
Consequence of Sound

Deeply satisfying on multiple levels, Always Tomorrow is great guitar pop and a bracing account of one person’s struggle to construct a new life.

80
DIY

Overtly joyous and bulging with emotions both past and present, this album displays Best Coast at their most content. A rose-tinted outlook has never felt so great.

80
The Skinny

Five years on from California Nights, Bethany Cosentino delivers a thoughtful paean to self-care at the second attempt.

80
Exclaim!

In the ten years since Crazy for You, Best Coast and their fans have grown up. This album reflects that without losing the fun and catchiness that brought about their fame in the first place.

80
The Guardian

The duo show why they’ve outlasted their beach-bum peers with a delightful study of reinvention and contentment.

75
Under the Radar

If the album has any disadvantages, it is that many of the songs sound similar. However, subsequent listens reveal layers previously unheard and the uniqueness of many of the songs comes out.

75
Northern Transmissions

Singer Bethany Cosentino continues treading the topics of insecurity and self-doubt, but Always Tomorrow is defined by her personal development, which includes her new levels of self-acceptance and gratitude.

74
Paste

Not all of these explorations quite work, though they show a promising future for Best Coast.

70
PopMatters
Best Coast's latest album quickly settles into a comfortable cruise early on and doesn't let up. The record is at turns high energy and leisurely.
70
Clash

With 'Always Tomorrow' Best Coast have not only shown they're survivors but have also paved a way to a happier and, hopefully, more productive future.

65
Pitchfork

The band’s new LP is a rosily optimistic record that showcases Bethany Cosentino’s expanding range as a vocalist and songwriter.

60
The Observer

Always Tomorrow always chooses cosseting its audience over confronting more painful truths.

60
NME

‘Always Tomorrow’ boasts a handful of punchy, promising songs but it’s frustratingly unambitious in scope. When the album treads old ground, the ideas are stale.

50
Rolling Stone

Unfortunately, the music doesn’t do the lyrics any favors, a real surprise coming from an artist whose earlier LPs established her as one of indie-pop’s sharpest melodists.

50
AllMusic

Maybe broken into a series of singles or a couple of EPs it would have been more palatable, but in this form it's just too samey and underwhelming to make much of an impression.

30
musicOMH

Despite it taking four years to come out, pretty much all of the songs on Always Tomorrow are forgettable, and made up of riffs so basic and hooks so anonymous that you’ll probably end up wishing they’d have waited a little longer.

WilderRecords
60

Best Coast are one of them bands that keep to their signature vibe without much deviation in style, sound or songwriting. Their lo-fi beginnings on the summery Crazy For You was like a snapshot of the era, invoking the times of my youth when I hadn't a care in the world. 2015's California Nights was a turning point however in which their songs started to become more mature and tighter, with great production that continued their summer L.A vibes to new highs.

So with their newest album Always ... read more

SoundOwl
82

Taking a more jangle pop approach to their indie surf style, this record may not be anything new or genre pushing in the grand scheme of things, but it's nice and summery rock music that always puts a smile on my face.

STW
45

One of the most generic albums of this year.

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WilderRecords
60

Best Coast are one of them bands that keep to their signature vibe without much deviation in style, sound or songwriting. Their lo-fi beginnings on the summery Crazy For You was like a snapshot of the era, invoking the times of my youth when I hadn't a care in the world. 2015's California Nights was a turning point however in which their songs started to become more mature and tighter, with great production that continued their summer L.A vibes to new highs.

So with their newest album Always ... read more

SoundOwl
82

Taking a more jangle pop approach to their indie surf style, this record may not be anything new or genre pushing in the grand scheme of things, but it's nice and summery rock music that always puts a smile on my face.

LaCroixBoix
65

Best Coast always puts out pretty soaring and lovey indie pop. There's some good stuff on here, ho hum. This review is boring because I'm getting bored of waiting for another great Best Coast project.

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Track List

1Different Light
3:12
100
2Everything Has Changed
3:33
100
3For The First Time
3:38
100
4Graceless Kids
3:09
100
5Wreckage
3:24
100
6Rollercoaster
3:50
100
7Master Of My Own Mind
3:16
100
8True
3:19
100
9Seeing Red
3:50
100
10Make It Last
3:47
100
11Used To Be
4:30
100
Total Length: 39 minutes
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Added on: November 5, 2019