West Coast Drive (song)

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"West Coast Drive"
Coterie - West Coast Drive.jpg
Single by Coterie
from the album Coterie
Released9 September 2022 (2022-09-09) [1]
Genre
Length3:46
Label Massive Records
Songwriter(s)
  • Brandford Fisher
  • Conrad Fisher
  • Daniel Skeed
  • Joshua Fisher
  • Tyler Fisher
Producer(s)
Coterie singles chronology
"Killing It Off"
(2022)		"West Coast Drive"
(2022)		"Deja Vu"
(2022)
Music video
"West Coast Drive" on YouTube

"West Coast Drive" is a song by Australian-New Zealand band Coterie, released as a single in September 2022. The song references West Coast Drive in Perth.

Contents

Background and composition

The song references the band's home in Perth, along West Coast Drive. [2] The song took inspiration from the surf and art culture of Perth, [3] and was written as a "good vibes anthem" with a "summer house party" sound. [4]

Release

"West Coast Drive" was released as a single on 9 September 2022, [2] a week after the Māori language version of "Cool It Down" was released for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. [5] [6] [7] A music video was shot for the song, and was filmed on West Coast Drive in Perth. [8]

Critical reception

Australian drummer and music reviewer Vince Leigh called the song a "soulful pop hybrid", praising the track as "slick and sophisticated, littered with bite-sized hooks and some decent heft in the drum department, and all augmented by a thoughtful, inventive approach". [9] Dave Ruby Howe of Triple J Unearthed gave the song a five-star review, calling the song a "summer anthem" with "vibes from tip to toe", [10] and Claire Mooney (also of Triple J) gave the song four and a half stars; calling it a "blissed out specialty". [11]

Credits and personnel

Charts

Chart (2022)Peak
position
New Zealand Hot Singles (Recorded Music NZ) [12] 16
New Zealand Artist Hot Singles (Recorded Music NZ) [13] 1

References

  1. ↑ "West Coast Drive - Single". iTunes . Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 "COTERIE Share New Single 'West Coast Drive' New Single and Video Out Now". New Zealand Music Commission. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  3. ↑ Billy, August (12 September 2022). "Love Letter to a Record: Coterie on The Beatles' 'Here Comes the Sun'". Musicfeeds. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "COTERIE Share The Inspiration Behind Their Self-Titled Debut Album". The Music. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Purea / Cool It Down - Single". iTunes . Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Haimona-Riki, Mare (22 March 2022). "Māori band of brothers to translate hit single to te reo". Te Ao Māori News. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  7. ↑ Maia Studio (4 October 2022). "Not Just Normalisation, But Celebration: Another Year Of Success For Waiata Anthems". Scoop. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "West Coast Drive - Coterie". Mai FM . 8 November 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  9. ↑ Leigh, Vince (9 September 2022). "Single Review: West Coast Drive by Coterie". Sheldon Ang Media. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  10. ↑ Ruby Howe, Dave (12 September 2022). "West Coast Drive". Triple J Unearthed. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  11. ↑ Mooney, Claire (13 September 2022). "West Coast Drive". Triple J Unearthed. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "Hot 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Hot 20 NZ Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
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