Shore things

is change, as a wise man once said. And while the Greek philosopher Heraclitus wasn't thinking specifically of Californian surf-pop bands when he committed these words to parchment, that doesn't mean they apply any less to Best Coast.

The LA-based duo of Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno have been steadily evolving since they burst on to the scene in 2010 with their debut album , a sun-drenched collection of catchy lo-fi indie pop cuts lyrically concerned with unrequited love and longing.

Indie adulation duly followed and since then they've taken their sound - and their audience - to new levels with 2012's more polished but equally infectious , which was ranked 14th on 's list of 50 best albums of the year. Since then, Cosentino has launched her own music label, Jewel City, and has dabbled in fashion after hipster favourite Urban Outfitters asked her to design her own line.

This month the band return with a seven-track EP called , and their first tour of Asia which will take in shows in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. "We are beyond excited," a buoyant Cosentino says in an e-mail interview. "We were asked to be part of the Camp Symmetry festival in Singapore, so we decided we would try to book a few more shows while we were [in Asia]. I can't wait."

The shows will mark the end of a touring schedule that has seen the band crisscross the US, playing The Governor's Ball, Hangout and BottleRock festivals and supporting Green Day on their North American tour. While not perhaps the most obvious of matches, touring with Green Day was an experience Cosentino cherished and one which she says allowed the band to expand its horizons.

"We were able to play venues that we could never play on our own, and we learned a lot from Green Day and their crew. It was really fun, and awesome to get to tour with a band I have looked up to for pretty much my entire life. The fans were really nice to us - I mean sometimes someone would yell 'You suck, where's Green Day?', but for the most part everyone was really nice and made us feel very welcome."

While Green Day share Best Coast's Californian roots, the most obvious influence on the band is another act from an earlier era of the Golden State's musical history.