Only Place

Following the overwhelming success of her 2010 debut, Crazy for You, Bethany Cosentino aka Best Coast is prepped to return with another album of melodic beach punk with second album The Only Place. The pre-released title track and first single, a jangly ode to California as a place that has "the ocean, the babes, the sun, the waves," asks the question "Why would you live anywhere else?" If its fuzz bass and slightly '90s alt-rock underpinnings are any indicator of the rest of the album, The Only Place will be a catchy hook-fest. The album is slated to come out at the same time as Cosentino's first clothing line, carried exclusively by Urban Outfitters, and as characteristically sunny and cheerful as her sounds.