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[michelej1]

Excerpt from interview with Bethany and Bob of Best Coast

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture...-second-album/

Bethany and Bobb wanted to make a "darkier and grimier" sound without scaring people away. They worked with Jon Brion (Fiona Apple, Brad Mehldau, Elliott Smith) and recorded The Only Place at the iconic Capitol Records, a sign of the success of Crazy For You. Aside from working with one of the best producers around, how else did they get through the second album doldrums? Well, Fleetwood Mac played a part. Bethany explained:


I was obsessed with Tusk by Fleetwood Mac and Bobb bought me a book about the recording process for my birthday. It was similar to what we were going through. They had just come out of Rumours, and we were coming off Crazy. I read it five times and always had it in my purse and in the studio. Tusk was made in a different way, they spent more time on it, which is how we approached the second record as well.