★★★★★
[Amelia Cline is a copy editor and occasional interviewer for Punknews.org.]
This year was so jam packed full of badass releases. I had a hard time really being able to put them in some sort of numerical order so I just went by what I couldn't stop listening to the most!
I was really, really fortunate to be a part of Punknews this year as well as the past few years. The people that work to make this site successful are some of the most incredible, humble people I have ever met...
- www.punknews.org
2013-12-27
★★★★★
Best Coast provide more of their brand of sunny surfer rock with Fade Away, a mini album clocking in at less then 30 minutes long. Still, sometimes less is more as the seven songs here never outstay their welcome.
The opener, the punk pop loveliness that is 'This Lonely Morning' sets their agenda well. Bethany Cosentino's voice has that strength of the likes of Courtney Love but without the drama and tragedy and it fits their blend of garage rock perfectly...
- www.undertheradar.co.nz
2013-12-10
★★★★★
With two albums and a few EPs under their belt, Best Coast has settled into their artistic identity. The project of vocalist Bethany Cosentino and guitarist/drummer Bobb Bruno established a place among the top of the indie surf pop scene, a lane they played a major part in creating or at least in re-imagining. Cosentino's melodically lethargic vocals fuse with the enervated lo-fi guitar drones to paint a vivid picture of a California summer...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-11-11
★★★★★
"You taught me that I would grow old," Bethany Cosentino laments in "Fear of My Identity"--one of seven tracks off of Best Coast's latest release. While it's clear that, within the track, Cosentino is referring to a romantic entanglement, she could have just as easily been talking about her musical progress on Best Coast's self-described mini-LP...
- filtermagazine.com
2013-11-09
★★★★★
Following Best Coast's explosion onto the indie-rock landscape back in 2010 with debut album Crazy for You, lovers of fuzz-tinged guitar pop were all a flutter at the possibility of having yet another band to champion amongst the sudden wave of 50s and 60s influenced surf rock. While they were still reeling from the arrival of bands like Vivian Girls a couple of years before and the slightly more brutal Wavves to contend with, Best Coast suddenly did a 180, enlisting the skills of acclaimed...
- thelineofbestfit.com
2013-11-09
★★★★★
Following Best Coast's explosion onto the indie-rock landscape back in 2010 with debut album Crazy for You, lovers of fuzz-tinged guitar pop were all a flutter at the possibility of having yet another band to champion amongst the sudden wave of 50s and 60s influenced surf rock. While they were still reeling from the arrival of bands like Vivian Girls a couple of years before and the slightly more brutal Wavves to contend with, Best Coast suddenly did a 180, enlisting the skills of acclaimed...
- www.thelineofbestfit.com
2014-01-05
★★★★★
The LA rock duo Best Coast have been paddling around the charts since 2010. As a bit of a teaser before their next scheduled 2014 album the pair have released what they call a "mini-album" for all their fans and new listeners alike. All the tracks for this EP, Fade Away, seem to have contemplative titles. "Who Have I Become?", "This Lonely Morning" or "Fear of my Identity" just to name a few seem to be some deep trains of thought. Subways of thought I should say...
- www.theaureview.com
2013-11-08
★★★★★
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. The EP was inspired by Patsy Cline, Mazzy Star, My Bloody Valentine and Ambien - four great tastes that go great together, as the set fades from bubblegum rush to torchy shoegaze, and Cosentino peels off lyrics that cut to the heart of romantic...
- www.rollingstone.com
2013-11-05
★★★★★
Fade Away sounds like a reclamation record for Bethany Cosentino; never before has the California girl come off so confident vocally, even as she openly second guesses herself in songs like "Who Have I Become?" and "Fear Of My Identity." Cosentino and musical partner Bobb Bruno still balance the fuzz and polish of Best Coast's signature instrumentation just fine, but it is the sharp confidence in her singing and songwriting that make this seven-song set sound like a dream record all the way...
- altpress.com
2013-10-25
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