"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 West Coast Drive is a scenic north-south route along the Indian Ocean in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. History The road was initially a street which formed part of North Beach, which from the 1920s onwards was a coastal v ...

in Perth.

Background and composition

The song references the band's home in Perth, along

. The song took inspiration from the surf and art culture of Perth, and was written as a "good vibes anthem" with a "summer house party" sound.

Release

"West Coast Drive" was released as a single on 9 September 2022, a week after the

Māori language Māori (), or ('the Māori language'), also known as ('the language'), is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand. Closely related to Cook Islands Māori, Tuamotuan, and ...

version of " Cool It Down" was released for

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori ( en, Māori Language Week) is a government-sponsored initiative intended to encourage New Zealanders to promote the use of the Māori language which is an official language of the country. Māori Language Week is part of a broader movement to ...

. A music video was shot for the song, and was filmed on West Coast Drive in Perth.

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". 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", and Claire Mooney (also of Triple J) gave the song four and a half stars; calling it a "blissed out specialty".

Credits and personnel

*Coterie – performer, producer *

Robby De Sá Robby De Sá is a producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Potchefstroom in South Africa. He attended Potchefstroom High School for Boys and North-West University. Career Based in Sydney, he has worked with many artists, songwrite ...

– producer * Marlon Gerbes – producer *Antoni Fisher – engineer *Brandford Fisher – songwriter *Conrad Fisher – songwriter *Joshua Fisher – songwriter *Tyler Fisher – songwriter *Raúl López – mixing engineer *Daniel Skeed – songwriting *Brody Simpson – engineer *Hector Vega – mastering engineer

Charts

References

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