Fade Away (Best Coast EP)

Fade Away
EP by Best Coast
Released October 22, 2013
Recorded 2013;
WAX Studios (Hollywood, California)
Genre Jangle pop,[1] dream pop[2]
Length 26:59
Label Jewel City
Producer Wally Gagel
Best Coast chronology
The Only Place
(2012)		 Fade Away
(2013)		 California Nights
(2015)
Singles from Fade Away
  1. "Fear of My Identity"
    Released: April 20, 2013
  2. "Who Have I Become?"
    Released: April 20, 2013
  3. "I Don't Know How"
    Released: October 30, 2013
  4. "This Lonely Morning"
    Released: December 3, 2013

Fade Away is the debut extended play (EP) by American indie rock duo Best Coast, released on October 22, 2013 on Jewel City. Produced by Wally Gagel, the EP was recorded at Wax Ltd's studios, and was inspired by musical acts like Mazzy Star, Patsy Cline, and My Bloody Valentine. Cosentino also wrote "Fear of My Identity" about "having an existential crisis" after using the sedative Ambien.[3]

Critical response

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic67/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Alternative Press[6]
Consequence of Sound[7]
Drowned in Sound(3/10)[1]
Exclaim!7/10[8]
The Fly[9]
Pitchfork Media7.4/10[10]
Rolling Stone[2]

Fade Away has received a weighted average score of 67 based on 10 reviews from review aggregator Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4]

Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone considered Fade Away a combination of the band's first two albums, describing it as "masterfully archetypal but utterly [Cosentino's] own."[2] Alternative Press called Fade Away the band's "best work to date," remarking that, "Lyrically introspective, musically tight and vocally resolute [...] Fade Away sounds like a reclamation record for Bethany Cosentino."[6] Pitchfork Media considered the record a return to form for the band, noting that "There are touches of sophistication across Fade Away that Best Coast haven’t been able to achieve until now."[10]

Accolades

Rolling Stone placed Fade Away at number 36 on their list of the best albums of 2013, writing that "It's just seven songs but still felt like a breakthrough."[11]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Bethany Cosentino. 

No. Title Length
1. "This Lonely Morning"   2:42
2. "I Wanna Know"   3:29
3. "Who Have I Become?"   4:54
4. "Fear of My Identity"   3:39
5. "Fade Away"   4:19
6. "Baby I'm Crying"   4:31
7. "I Don't Know How"   3:35

Personnel

Best Coast

Additional musicians

Recording personnel

Artwork

References

  1. 1 2 http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17917/reviews/4147023
  2. 1 2 3 Dolan, Jon (December 2, 2013). "Album Review: Best Coast - Fade Away". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Album Review: Fade Away - Best Coast". The Lance. November 1, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Fade Away [EP] Reviews - Metacritic". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  5. ↑ Allmusic review
  6. 1 2 Davees, Bree (December 2, 2013). "Album Review: Best Coast - Fade Away". Alternative Press. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  7. ↑ Kivel, Adam (Nov 1, 2013). "Album Review: Best Coast - Fade Away". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved Nov 1, 2013.
  8. ↑ http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/PopAndRock/best_coast-fade_away
  9. ↑ http://mamacolive.com/thefly/reviews/album/1021538/best-coast-fade-away/
  10. 1 2 Battan, Carrie (December 2, 2013). "Best Coast - Fade Away". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  11. ↑ Dolan, Jon (December 2, 2013). "50 Best Albums of 2013: Best Coast - Fade Away". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Bryan Collins / Process Journal - BEST COAST - FADE AWAY". Bryan Collins on Tumblr. July 31, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
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