Best Coast – Crazy For You (2010)
(Indie,Pop,Lo-Fi,Garage)
Notable album covers catch the eye, dribble it around a little, and then snap it back into place, forever skewed. They can be funny, gross, shocking, stunning, or just plain wrong. They can define artists. With Take Cover, we aim to track down the most striking new album covers taking up web space and vinyl bins and get the story behind them.
When we think of fuzz-pop duo Best Coast, a few things come to mind: California, the beach, hazy summertime nostalgia, and frontwoman Bethany Cosentino’s cat Snacks. All those things are present on the cover of Crazy for You, Best Coast’s debut full-length due out July 27 on Mexican Summer. That cover comes from David Rager, a California native now based in Paris. Rager captured Best Coast’s entire aesthetic with a bold simplicity, coming up with a great visual analog for the album’s actual sounds. We caught up with Rager to talk about that album cover.-Pitchfork
