Fade Away (Best Coast EP)

Last updated
Fade Away
Best Coast - Fade Away.png
EP by
Best Coast
ReleasedOctober 22, 2013 (2013-10-22)
Recorded2013
Studio Wax Ltd
(Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length27:02
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"/"Who Have I Become?"
    Released: April 20, 2013

Fade Away is the sixth extended play (EP) by American indie rock duo Best Coast. It was released on October 22, 2013, on frontwoman Bethany Cosentino's label 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 wrote the song "Fear of My Identity" about "having an existential crisis" after using the sedative Ambien. [3]

Contents

Critical response

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 67/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
Consequence of Sound D [7]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Drowned in Sound 3/10 [2]
Exclaim! 7/10 [8]
The Fly Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
NME 6/10 [10]
Pitchfork 7.4/10 [11]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Fade Away received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the EP received an average score of 67, based on 15 reviews. [4]

Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone viewed Fade Away as a combination of the band's first two albums, describing it as "masterfully archetypal but utterly [Cosentino's] own." [12] Alternative Press called the EP the band's "best work to date", remarking, "Lyrically introspective, musically tight and vocally resolute [...] Fade Away sounds like a reclamation record for Bethany Cosentino." [6] Pitchfork deemed it a return to form for the band, noting that "[t]here are touches of sophistication across Fade Away that Best Coast haven't been able to achieve until now." [11]

Accolades

Rolling Stone placed Fade Away at number 35 on their list of the 50 Best Albums of 2013, writing, "It's just seven songs but still felt like a breakthrough." [13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bethany Cosentino

No.TitleLength
1."This Lonely Morning"2:41
2."I Wanna Know"3:28
3."Who Have I Become?"4:53
4."Fear of My Identity"3:38
5."Fade Away"4:18
6."Baby I'm Crying"4:30
7."I Don't Know How"3:34

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Fade Away. [14]

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [15] 122

Related Research Articles

<i>In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country</i> 2000 EP by Boards of Canada

In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country is an EP by Scottish electronic music duo Boards of Canada. It was released by Warp and music70 on 27 November 2000, in the period between the duo's albums Music Has the Right to Children and Geogaddi. Like those albums, it was well received by critics. It peaked at number 15 on the UK Independent Albums Chart. Originally pressed on blue vinyl, the vinyl version of the EP was reissued on black vinyl in 2013.

<i>Dear Science</i> 2008 studio album by TV on the Radio

Dear Science is the third studio album by the band TV on the Radio. It was released on September 16, 2008, digitally through Touch and Go Records, with the physical release coming a week later through Interscope Records and DGC Records in North America and 4AD elsewhere.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wavves</span> American rock band

Wavves is an American rock band based in San Diego, California. Formed in 2008 by singer-songwriter Nathan Williams, the band also features Alex Gates, Stephen Pope and Ross Traver.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Best Coast</span> American surf pop band from Los Angeles

Best Coast is an American rock duo formed in Los Angeles, California in 2009, currently on hiatus. The band consisted of songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Bethany Cosentino and guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno. Cosentino, a former child actress, began writing music as a teenager and was formerly a member of the experimentalist drone group Pocahaunted. After a brief stint at college in New York City, Cosentino returned to the West Coast and began recording lo-fi demos with Bruno, whom she met in the Los Angeles music scene.

<i>Crazy for You</i> (Best Coast album) 2010 studio album by Best Coast

Crazy for You is the debut studio album by American indie rock duo Best Coast, released July 27, 2010 by Mexican Summer. The album was recorded by singer-songwriter Bethany Cosentino and her musical partner Bobb Bruno. It was produced, engineered, and mixed by Lewis Pesacov of Fool's Gold and Foreign Born. The album was released after a series of EPs that brought the band to underground notoriety with songs such as "The Sun Was High " and "When I'm with You", the latter being included in this release as a bonus track. The album artwork was created by David Rager and includes Cosentino's cat Snacks, alongside many references to the state of California. The lyrics deal mostly with romance and relationships, with Cosentino describing them to Pitchfork Media as "about weed and my cat and being lazy a lot." The album was made available for streaming on July 12 at Urban Outfitters. Crazy for You was well received by music critics.

<i>Rolling Blackouts</i> 2011 studio album by the Go! Team

Rolling Blackouts is the third studio album by English band the Go! Team. It was released by Memphis Industries on 31 January 2011 in the United Kingdom and on 1 February 2011 in the United States.

Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, known professionally as Cole M.G.N., is an American musician, record producer, songwriter and mixer. He is a former member of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti. Cole has worked with Beck, Julia Holter, Christine and the Queens, DāM-FunK, Ariel Pink, Real Estate, The Vaccines, Thurston Moore, Snoop Dogg, NxWorries, Kossisko, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Blood Orange and Nite Jewel. In 2016, Cole M.G.N. released his self-titled debut extended play.

<i>The Only Place</i> 2012 studio album by Best Coast

The Only Place is the second studio album by American indie rock duo Best Coast, released on May 15, 2012 by Mexican Summer. Produced by Jon Brion, the album was recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, California. The album was primarily inspired by the upheaval following the unexpected success of Crazy for You. To this end, the duo attempted to distance themselves from the lo-fi aesthetic of their first release by working with producer Jon Brion. Recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, The Only Place was inspired by 1960s country music and Fleetwood Mac.

<i>The Golden Echo</i> 2014 studio album by Kimbra

The Golden Echo is the second studio album by New Zealand recording artist Kimbra, released by Warner Bros. Records in the United States on 19 August 2014.

<i>California Nights</i> (Best Coast album) 2015 studio album by Best Coast

California Nights is the third studio album by American rock duo Best Coast. It was released on May 1, 2015, by Harvest Records. It was produced by Wally Gagel, who also produced the duo's 2013 EP Fade Away.

<i>Hallucinogen</i> (EP)

Hallucinogen is the debut extended play (EP) by American singer and songwriter Kelela. It was released on October 9, 2015, by Warp Records and Cherry Coffee Music.

<i>Add Violence</i> 2017 EP by Nine Inch Nails

Add Violence is the sixth extended play (EP) and eleventh major release by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. Released through The Null Corporation and Capitol Records on July 19, 2017, it is the second in a trilogy of releases, following the EP Not the Actual Events (2016) and preceding the band's ninth studio album Bad Witch (2018). It was produced by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

<i>Sparkle Hard</i> 2018 studio album by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks

Sparkle Hard is the seventh studio album by American indie rock band Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, released on May 18, 2018, by Matador Records and Domino Records. It reached #174 on the Billboard 200 charts, and peaked at #64 on the Official UK Charts.

<i>Lush</i> (Snail Mail album) 2018 studio album by Snail Mail

Lush is the debut studio album by American indie rock musician Snail Mail, released on June 8, 2018 through Matador Records. The album was produced by Jake Aron.

<i>You Wont Get What You Want</i> 2018 studio album by Daughters

You Won't Get What You Want is the fourth studio album by American rock band Daughters. It was released on October 26, 2018, through Ipecac Recordings, and is the band's only album since their 2013 reformation.

<i>Thought Gang</i> 2018 album by Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch

Thought Gang is a studio album by American composers Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch created under the joint moniker Thought Gang. Though released on November 2, 2018 through Sacred Bones Records, Thought Gang was originally recorded in the early 1990s. The album was preceded by a Lynch-directed music video for "A Real Indication" on November 1, 2018. The video was created in 1992 in the 8mm video format.

<i>Always Tomorrow</i> (album) 2020 studio album by Best Coast

Always Tomorrow is the fourth studio album by American rock duo Best Coast. It was released through Concord Music on February 21, 2020. It is the band's first studio album in five years. The singles "For the First Time", "Everything Has Changed" and "Different Light" preceded the album's release. The band began a tour in February 2020 in support of the album.

<i>Honeymoon</i> (Beach Bunny album) 2020 studio album by Beach Bunny

Honeymoon is the debut studio album by American rock band Beach Bunny, released on February 14, 2020, on Mom + Pop Music.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bethany Cosentino</span> Musical artist

Bethany Sharayah Cosentino is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known as one half of the indie rock duo Best Coast alongside Bobb Bruno. Cosentino also cofounded the hypnagogic pop band Pocahaunted in 2006, before leaving in 2010. She released her solo debut album, Natural Disaster, in 2023.

References

  1. 1 2 Swann, Emma (October 16, 2013). "Best Coast – Fade Away". DIY . Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Fenwick, Tom (October 18, 2013). "Best Coast – Fade Away". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on October 25, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Album Review: Fade Away – Best Coast". The Lance . November 1, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. 1 2 "Reviews and Tracks for Fade Away [EP] by Best Coast". Metacritic . Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  5. ↑ Sendra, Tim. "Fade Away – Best Coast". AllMusic . Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  6. 1 2 Davees, Bree (November 4, 2018). "Best Coast Fade Away EP". Alternative Press . Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  7. ↑ Kivel, Adam (October 22, 2013). "Best Coast – Fade Away". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  8. ↑ Gormely, Ian (October 18, 2013). "Best Coast: Fade Away". Exclaim! . Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  9. ↑ Homewood, Ben (October 18, 2013). "Best Coast – 'Fade Away'". The Fly . Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  10. ↑ Barlow, Eve (October 18, 2013). "Best Coast – 'Fade Away' EP". NME . Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  11. 1 2 Battan, Carrie (October 21, 2013). "Best Coast: Fade Away". Pitchfork . Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  12. 1 2 Dolan, Jon (November 4, 2013). "Best Coast: Fade Away". Rolling Stone . Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Best Coast, 'Fade Away EP' | 50 Best Albums of 2013". Rolling Stone. December 2, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  14. ↑ Fade Away (liner notes). Best Coast. Jewel City. 2013. JWCY001EP1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  15. ↑ "Best Coast Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.