The superficial lyrics and undercooked refrains on Best Coast’s new seven-song EP render this supposed “mini-album” almost immediately forgettable, making its title, “Fade Away,” seem appropriate. With painfully simple lyrics like “sick of you being mean / I didn’t do anything” and “life is short but so am I,” the tracks blend together due not only to their similarly boring instrumentation, but also to their equally two-dimensional rhetoric. Moving further away from indie rock and closer to pop, the EP’s repetitive, lazy guitar riffs will probably cause fans yearning for the lo-fi sound of past Best Coast efforts to fade away.
Grade: C Download: “I Wanna Know” Sounds Best When: You don’t want to think about lyrics.
