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Coastal Grooves

Coastal Grooves is the debut studio album by Blood Orange. It was released on 30 August 2011 under Domino Recording Company. The album features no guest appearances and was produced by Ariel Rechtshaid in Los Angeles. Domino Recording Company described the album as highlighting the glamour and drama of New York City in the 1980s.

Music
The album incorporates stylistic elements of indie rock, baroque pop, folk, contemporary R&B, jazz, soul, and electronic music. By fusing many of these elements together, Blood Orange captures sounds of grooviness, reverbed guitar lines, and piano synths to create music that is described as being a part of a post-punk atmosphere. == Critical reception ==
Critical reception
}} The album has a rating of 72/100 on Metacritic based on 18 reviews, indicating generally favourable reviews. A reviewer for Pitchfork wrote that Coastal Grooves omits catchy choruses and melodies in favour of stark guitar lines and seductive mumbling but ultimately gave the album a rating of a 5.9/10. == Commercial performance ==
Commercial performance
The track "Champagne Coast" went viral on social media platform TikTok during July of 2024. The song also entered the Hot Alternative Songs chart at number 15, with almost 6 million streams. ==Track listing==
Personnel
Devonté Hynes – vocals, music, lyrics, production, guitar, keyboards, bass, percussion, drums • Ariel Rechtshaid – production, percussion, mixing, engineering • Nedelle Torrisi – additional vocals (2, 7) • Justin Meldal-Johnsen – bass • Chris Rakestraw – additional engineering • Garrett Ray – drums • Howie Weinberg – mastering • David Schiffman – mixing • Brian Lantelme – photography == References ==
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