Best Coast was originally loosely inspired by The Beatles and The Beach Boys, as well as straightforward 1950s/1960s pop music.
The band's music was described by The Guardian as "like a lo-fi 60s garage rock and surfing band fronted by a girl group singer". "
Drawing inspiration from '60s surf rock and girl groups, Best Coast's noisy lo-fi sound gave a nod to contemporaneous acts like Hot Lava, the Vivian Girls, and Brilliant Colors," wrote Margaret Reges of Allmusic.
Weezer and Blink-182 partially inspired Cosentino's songwriting, and Best Coast have covered the Blink-182 song "Dammit" in concert.
Pitchfork Media writes that "Best Coast carry enough influence from 90s California pop punk that they would've been right at home on a late-90s Warped Tour stage."
Some genres they have been tagged as includes indie pop, surf/surf pop, indie rock, alternative rock, power pop, noise pop, garage rock and jangle pop.

The band's second album, The Only Place, was developed with a variety of influences: traditional country music (such as Loretta Lynn, Dusty Springfield and Patsy Cline), Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and Drake's Take Care.
Fade Away, the band's 2013 EP, was primarily inspired by Mazzy Star, Patsy Cline and My Bloody Valentine.
For their third album California Nights, Cosentino cited Gwen Stefani, Sugar Ray and The Go-Go's as influences.
Best Coast was originally loosely inspired by The Beatles and The Beach Boys, as well as straightforward 1950s/1960s pop music. The band's music was described by The Guardian as "like a lo-fi 60s garage rock and surfing band fronted by a girl group singer". "Drawing inspiration from '60s surf rock and girl groups, Best Coast's noisy lo-fi sound gave a nod to contemporaneous acts like Hot Lava, the Vivian Girls, and Brilliant Colors," wrote Margaret Reges of Allmusic. Weezer and Blink-182 partially inspired Cosentino's songwriting, and Best Coast have covered the Blink-182 song "Dammit" in concert. Pitchfork Media writes that "Best Coast carry enough influence from 90s California pop punk that they would've been right at home on a late-90s Warped Tour stage." Some genres they have been tagged as includes indie pop, surf/surf pop, indie rock, alternative rock, power pop, noise pop, garage rock and jangle pop.
The band's second album, The Only Place, was developed with a variety of influences: traditional country music (such as Loretta Lynn, Dusty Springfield and Patsy Cline), Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and Drake's Take Care. Fade Away, the band's 2013 EP, was primarily inspired by Mazzy Star, Patsy Cline and My Bloody Valentine. For their third album California Nights, Cosentino cited Gwen Stefani, Sugar Ray and The Go-Go's as influences.
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