"So Sad (Fade)" is the debut single by British rock band

Love Amongst Ruin Love Amongst Ruin are an English rock supergroup, led by Steve Hewitt after his tenure as the drummer for Placebo. The band released their self-titled debut album in September 2010 and second album '' Lose Your Way'' was released in June 201 ...

. The single was released on 30 August 2010 on Ancient B Records.

Reception

The single received generally positive reviews. ''AAA Music'' described the song as "an angry tune boosting a QOTSA sound alike intro, made of sharp guitars", while ''ATTN:Magazine'' said "all in all this is a promising start, and vocalist Steve Hewitt has done well to avoid sounding too much like

Placebo A placebo ( ) is a substance or treatment which is designed to have no therapeutic value. Common placebos include inert tablets (like sugar pills), inert injections (like Saline (medicine), saline), sham surgery, and other procedures. In general ...

." ''God Is in the TV'' gave the single 3/5.

Track listings

CD single # "So Sad (Fade)" # "Love Song" # "So Sad (Fade) (Murdered by Killers #2)" 7" # "So Sad (Fade)" # "So Sad (Fade) (Murdered by Killers #2)" 7" (Limited Edition) # "So Sad (Fade)" # "Love Song" Amazon exclusive # "So Sad (Fade) (Acoustic)"

Credits

Steve Hewitt Steven James Hewitt (born 22 March 1971) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is the frontman of his own band, Love Amongst Ruin. Hewitt is best known for his tenure as the drummer for Placebo between September 199 ...

– vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano *

Jon Thorne Jon Thorne (born 12 February 1967) is an English double bassist, producer and composer. Career Thorne is self-taught and started playing at the age of 23. He has studied and played jazz for a number of years following and considers Danny Thom ...

– bass, guitar,

Logic Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the science of deductively valid inferences or of logical truths. It is a formal science investigating how conclusions follow from premis ...

, string arrangements *Nick Hewitt – guitar *

Donald Ross Skinner Donald Skinner is a guitarist, songwriter and producer primarily known for his work with Julian Cope. Skinner is commonly known by the name Donald Ross Skinner with the addition of the middle name of ''Ross'' attributed to him by Cope after Gle ...

– guitar, bass, piano

References

{{Love Amongst Ruin 2010 debut singles Love Amongst Ruin songs Songs written by Steve Hewitt 2010 songs