Best Coast Announce Children’s Album (But You Can Listen, Too)
Artwork by Jess Rotter
Given children’s general lack of income and discerning taste, albums marketed specifically for them are few and far between. At best, there’s The Johnny Cash Children’s Album or Barenaked Ladies’ Snacktime! At worst, you’ve got Raffi’s Bananaphone (sorry, dude, but the reception really is shit on those things anyway).
But hark, all ye hipster parents and rejoice! Best Coast have announced the release of a children’s album. Rather than let your tot be subjected to all 37 installments of the Kidz Bop franchise, you can now offer them Best Kids from singer Bethany Cosentino and guitarist Bobb Bruno.
The album takes Best Coast’s signature sun-drenched, fuzzed-out sound and applies it to original songs, kids’ classics, and covers of hits by Lesley Gore and Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
“I wanted to make a kid’s album not just for kids but also for the parents with cool music taste that might be tired of listening to the same songs off the Frozen soundtrack 200 times in a row,” said Cosentino. “Bobb and I wanted to make something with an edge while staying in a kid-friendly lane.”