Best Coast are the kind of band that you take at face value. That's not to say they aren't a band worth listening to, but their approach to sunny, 60's influenced rock music is pretty shallow when you get past the pleasantness of the sound.
I'll start with the things I like about their latest "mini" album, Fade Way, because this is certainly my favorite Best Coast project thus far. For instance, the tracks "Fade Away" and "Fear of My Identity" are great breezy little rock songs that, while lyrically aren't that impressive are just so fun and melodic that I can easily ignore the fact that what is being said in the song is pretty bland and ofttimes cliche.
Sadly, aside from maybe the closer, I really can't see any reason to revisit this LP, due to the aforementioned lyrical blandness and some samey-samey melodies and chord progressions. But hey, maybe I'm not in the right mindset to truly enjoy an LP like this. Which to my understanding involves a fair bit of weed and Pabst Blue Ribbon.
That last part was a joke.... Hehe.
5/10
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