“The kids are back in school, flip-flops don't seem quite as appropriate... that's right, summer 2009 is almost officially over, and with it goes a season that brought us the most beach-inspired music probably since the surf-pop boom of early-1960s California. For the most part, 2009 beach-pop was about texture and haze, with artists like Washed Out, Best Coast, and many others spreading lo-fi gauz”
