Stories Don't End is the third studio album by American folk-rock band Dawes, released on April 9, 2013.

[9] James Christopher Monger of Allmusic alluded to how the release "barely registers upon the first spin (it's easy pop for the millennial generation), but if given the time to percolate, it produces a damn fine cup of coffee.

"[1] At American Songwriter, Jim Beviglia affirmed that the album "is still a step forward, if only for the moments of off-the-cuff brilliance that result from all the ambitious effort.

"[3] Jim Farber of the Daily News declared that "there's a sure sense of composition that both recalls a classic era and speaks to any.

[5] PopMatters' John Bergstrom portends that the release "probably will do nothing to diminish the band's appeal among the faithful", at the same instance, this "may be time to put a few bumps in the road.