Fate to Fatal is an EP by the American alternative rock band the Breeders, released on Period Music, on April 21, 2009.

The Breeders released their fourth studio album, Mountain Battles, in the spring of 2008, and the Deals continued writing new songs.

[1] Near the end of their 2008 tour, they were in the United Kingdom, and decided to record the new composition "Fate to Fatal" at Fortress Studios in London.

[6] They had three original compositions that they wanted to release, but felt that this would be too short for an EP, so they decided to also do a cover of Bob Marley's "Chances Are".

[3] The Breeders recorded "Pinnacle Hollow" and "The Last Time" in Kim Deal's basement,[7] at her home in Dayton, Ohio,[3] with engineer Ben Mumphrey.

They had experimented with adding instruments such as drums and stand-up bass,[6] but their version on Fate to Fatal is a more minimalist,[5][6][12] acoustic rendition.

[15] Glass, who is related to the Deals through marriage,[14] had been a fan of the Breeders' music and of the work of Vaughan Oliver,[15] who had designed most of the group's covers for 4AD.

[20] The idea for this setting came when by chance Kelley met groups of roller derby athletes in the summer and autumn of 2008: first, an Arch Rival member named Amy Whited that the Deals had known since her childhood; next, a roller derby team at a Barack Obama benefit in Cincinnati; then, a different team at a craft competition in Minnesota.