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 […]
THE BEAT ESCAPE RELEASE NEW ALBUM
Montreal electronic duo The Beat Escape released their their new album Life Is Short The Answer Long last week. Lush in atmospherics yet minimal in composition, each track rests on a simple melody that oscillates back into itself and disciplined beat structures that are slowly engulfed by somnambular layers of vocals and deep elemental effects. […]