California Nights (Best Coast album)

California Nights
Studio album by
Best Coast
ReleasedMay 1, 2015 (2015-05-01)
StudioWax Ltd
(Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length43:22
LabelHarvest
ProducerWally Gagel
Best Coast chronology
Fade Away
(2013) 		California Nights
(2015) 		Always Tomorrow
(2020)
Singles from California Nights
  1. "California Nights"
    Released: February 24, 2015
  2. "Heaven Sent"
    Released: March 11, 2015
  3. "Feeling Ok"
    Released: April 14, 2015
  4. "In My Eyes"
    Released: February 23, 2016

California Nights is the third studio album by American rock duo Best Coast. It was released on May 1, 2015, by Harvest Records.[2] It was produced by Wally Gagel, who also produced the duo's 2013 EP Fade Away.[2]

The band announced the album along with tour dates and the release of a "dreamlike" video directed by Adam Harding for the title track, which also served as the lead single.[3] On the band's official website, singer-songwriter Bethany Cosentino described the band's approach to the making of the album, stating: "In LA, there's a real darkness that you don't see unless you know where to look. That's a theme we very consciously decided to explore and play with when making this record. We related to the idea that things may look or sound fun and upbeat, but they may not actually always be that way."[4]

A video for second single "Heaven Sent" directed by Lana Kim and Cosentino was released on April 1, 2015.[5] Third single "Feeling Ok" followed in mid-April, which the duo performed on Conan on May 5.[6] "In My Eyes" was serviced to US alternative radio on February 23, 2016, as the album's fourth single.[7]

Two outtakes from the album sessions, "Late 20s" and "Bigger Man", were released on an exclusive Record Store Day release in April 2016.

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  3. ^ Spanos, Brittany (February 24, 2015). "Best Coast Detail New Album, Release Dreamlike Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  4. ^ "Best Coast". BestCoast.net. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  5. ^ Claymore, Gabriela Tully (April 1, 2015). "Best Coast – "Heaven Sent" Video". Stereogum. Archived from the original on April 24, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  6. ^ Tan, Emily (May 6, 2015). "Watch Best Coast Perform 'Feeling OK' on 'Conan'". Diffuser.fm. Archived from the original on May 9, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  7. ^ "Alternative > Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on February 1, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2017.