Fade Away [EP]
by Best Coast
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 20
  3. Negative: 2 out of 20
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  1. rhp2014
    May 21, 2014
    3
    These guys don't disappoint in making top-of-the-line generic indie drivel. Yawwwwwn. Twee Pop was TWENTY years ago guys. And you're not doing it any favors because this is just a really bad album. Highly rec you stay away from it at all costs. I'll admit the production is pretty sleek and cool sometimes.

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Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. Magnet
    Nov 27, 2013
    75
    There's a load of fuzzy power chords ruling these tunes, but they're smoothed out and nudged into the background, allowing a very capable Cosentino to take her rightful place at the front of the mix. [No. 104, p.52]
  2. Rolling Stone
    Nov 20, 2013
    80
    On this seven-song EP, Bethany Cosentino combines the sundown power-pop buzz of Best Coast's 2010 debut with the Hulk-hug melodies and emotional gravity of last year's The Only Place to make for something masterfully archetypal but utterly her own.
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  3. PopMatters
    Nov 11, 2013
    40
    It may only be 27 minutes, but it still almost feels too long with how similar all of the songs sound. Best Coast unfortunately has slipped into a daze of becoming too comfortable with their sound.
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