RECORD REVIEW: BEACH HOUSE (USA) – 7
In a more general sense, we are interested by the human mind’s (and nature’s) tendency to create forces equal and opposite to those present. Thematically, this record often deals with the beauty that arises in dealing with darkness; the empathy and love that grows from collective trauma; the place one reaches when they accept rather […]
BEACH HOUSE SHARE ‘BLACK CAR’ FROM THE STUNNING ‘7’
Cosmically and artistically, we’ve always been fascinated by this dual energy field that exists between joy and sorrow. The idea of a simple, happy song is such bullshit to me. Alex Scally, Beach House (Interview with The FADER) Last week rejuvenated Baltimore avant garde pop duo Beach House shared the immersive and electronically layered fourth single […]
BEACH HOUSE RETURN WITH BRAND NEW STUNNER
Without warning, without fanfare, Baltimore dream pop duo Beach House dropped a new a stunning new tune today ‘Lemon Glow’. It’s a gorgeously measured melodic affair which is slowly and inexorably engulfed by its end in a wall of noise. No word yet on any album but there’s a sense around that it will surface […]
RECORD REVIEW: BEACH HOUSE – TEEN DREAM
Label: Sub Pop/Bella Union Release Date: January 26, 2010 When Baltimore duo Beach House lit up the musical landscape late last year and delivered a definitive knockout track in the form of the fully formed ‘Norway’ off their then yet to be released third effort Teen Dream, I couldn’t help but get excited about […]