Bethany Cosentino - "Jerry (Maybe We Should Get Married)"

"In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Seinfeld finale, Best Coast, songwriter Nick Lutsko, and @Seinfeld2000 worked together on a song called 'Jerry (Maybe We Should Get Married),' which finds [Bethany] Cosentino parroting famous lines from Elaine Benes. The song comes attached to a video, which cycles through clips of some of Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ most memorable Seinfeld moments."
--Stereogum, May 14, 2018

This has been one of my favorite pick-me-ups all year. Favorite part: "He took -- ha ha -- it out." Also, the fact that it sounds a lot like a Best Coast song.

Best Coast - "Up All Night"

The final track on Best Coast's new The Only Place. Bethany Cosentino is still a brokenhearted gal, but now she's got more polish behind her.

best coast - goodbye

"I've had people say, 'Oh, your voice is reminiscent of Liz Phair.' And I take that as a huge compliment, but I don't hear it. I don't really listen to a lot of '90s alternative indie female stuff anymore, but I loved Liz Phair and Kim Deal when I was younger." -- Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast to Pitchfork

The Phair connection I noticed immediately when I heard Crazy for You, the band's debut, last year. At first, Cosentino's whiny lyrical complaints annoyed me. Then I went back to Exile in Guyville and noticed a similarity: Both women used humor and honesty as ways to express their heartbreak. Soon after, Crazy for You clicked for me. It's a great summer album for being bummed that you don't have anybody. Or as Cosentino said in the same interview, "There are a s--tload of songs about being in love with someone who doesn't love you back and I talk about weed and my cat and being lazy a lot."

True. But she does it well. "Goodbye" is a particular favorite of mine.