Bethany Cosentino has announced her debut solo LP, Natural Disaster, with a video for her new song “It’s Fine” and the news that her band, Best Coast, is going on an “indefinite hiatus.” Natural Disaster was produced by Butch Walker and is due out July 28 via Concord. “It’s Fine” arrives with a music video directed by Janell Shirtcliff. Watch Cosentino play an off-duty diner waitress who packs up her bags and skips town in the clip below.
Of the new album, Cosentino said in a statement:
When I look at all the artists I find most influential, the common thread is that they take risks and continue exploring different versions of themselves. My goal is to keep growing and challenging myself and living outside any kind of box, to keep on evolving as an artist and a person. And if anyone’s feeling stagnant, I hope this record inspires them to see what else life has to offer. It’s really scary to take those risks and make big changes in your life, but what you find on the other side can be so magical.
Best Coast’s last LP was 2020’s Always Tomorrow, released just weeks before COVID-19 locked down much of the United States. Last year, they embarked on the Finally Tomorrow Tour, taking the record across North America.
On the decision to put the band on hiatus, Cosentino explained:
My identity as a human being, and as an artist, has been so wrapped up in Best Coast for over a decade. The decision to pause the project indefinitely, and explore a new side of myself, was a very difficult one to make—but it felt necessary for me. Life is too short to not give yourself what you feel you need and want. I am excited about being just Bethany Cosentino for a while and figuring out who I am outside of the “Bethany from Best Coast” box I’ve lived in for such a long time.
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Bethany Cosentino: Natural Disaster
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