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Jan 14, 201381It may not herald another big day coming, but Fade is a thoroughly immersive dusk-to-dawn soundtrack to a dark night's passing.
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Jan 14, 201380Each thoughtful sonic soundscape washes elegantly into the next, toward the long, lush finale.
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Jan 14, 201380[Fade's songs] blur and fade like old memories, but leave a meaningful impression.
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Jan 14, 201380Fade is rich with details and grows richer the closer one looks.
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Jan 14, 201380It's perhaps not as immediately satisfying as their early work and not nearly as charming as their intimate mid-career efforts, but, after several careful listens, the album feels as powerful and urgent as anything else in their discography.
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Jan 14, 201380Fade returns to familiar territory so intuitively that it feels less like a return to form than a homecoming.
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Jan 14, 201380Fade is more than enough, proof positive that these good guys always come out on top.
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Jan 10, 201380Their 13th studio album could fit anywhere into their post-1990 discography, acting as a guided tour through their styles.
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Jan 10, 201380There's nothing showy here, nothing flashy, just an understated, immaculately put together collection of happy and sad, yearning and sweet songs.
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Jan 10, 201380Fade isn't a drastic departure, but when you've polished your eclectic sound as well as Yo La Tengo has, that's not always necessary.
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Jan 9, 201380In collaborating with McEntire, Yo La Tengo has found a format that accommodates their ever-adventurous musical excursions while beckoning new listeners unaccustomed to 15-minute instrumental soundscapes.
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Jan 8, 201380At first, Fade sounds like more of the same--which is no bad thing. Stick with it, and the influence of producer (Tortoise') John McEntire becomes apparent. [Feb 2013, p.81]
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Jan 8, 201380Fade finds YLT at their most wistfully contemplative; a thought only softened by the paradox that this might just be one of their best yet.
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Jan 8, 201380The real revelation about Fade is that it is the most settled album they've recorded in years.
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Jan 8, 201375Fade is another welcome stop on a career that shows no signs of growing old. [Jan-Feb 2013, p.90]
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Jan 8, 201370If a sense of staleness had begun to creep in round 2009's 'Popular Songs', Fade pretty much puts them back on track.
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Jan 11, 201360An album that perhaps skips too easily from one style to another for its own good, though there are other sublime moments.