Beach House

so much for that relationship

o.g. 'methinks'

feel like my feelings about this band are the opposite of everyone else's, i like the first two albums, "devotion" is my favorite, i don't care about the rest

i like beach house but i don't quite get into as much as i feel like i should or w/e. i saw them open for the clientele right after their first album came out and i thought they were good but i forgot they existed til the next album, probs bc the clientele was so good that night.

I love the s/t more than anything they've done since, but I admit that my love for the first record is probably because of that feeling of "potential energy" that it contains, of unrealized potential. "Teen Dream" makes me angry when I'm in a bad mood because of how safe it plays, and I've had moments when it's on in at a coffee shop when it makes me feel depressed that people want such safe and pretty music in their lives. At the same time I've slow-danced at weddings to "10 Mile Stereo" and had endorphin rushes for miles so who knows. Probably issues with dream pop in general

Beach House was the ultimate "ooh, what's this?!" band whenever I heard someone else playing them, but once I had the albums myself I hardly ever intentionally listened to them.

Beach House is okay if someone else is listening to them, but I'm not likely to put them on myself.

lol

Ha. Exactly.

yea xp tp fgti when devotion came out everybody talked about how good it was but that it still didn't "match their potential." people liked the record but were more eager to see what they would do in the future.

agree that teen dream and bloom are boring records. but yea lol when i hear them in the background i think "yea this is good" but i am never motivated to listen to those two records

they played a secret show here in bmore a couple months back of all new material, it was all good, nothing new, but i'm not a super fan. i don't think they ever expected or wanted to become as big as they did, and frankly they seem a bit bummed out/confused/paralyzed by it...

it makes me feel depressed that people want such safe and pretty music in their lives.

"take care" is pretty dangerous if you are in a situation where you don't want to start crying

i agree that all their songs are very similar but it's not something i resent. "reliable" is the word i'd use. has anyone seen this? it suggests you can run a "beach house" filter over any song and come up with predictable results....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iLeYUKCqhUc

let me try again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iLeYUKCqhUc

?

i know y'all don't care much about beach house but NEW ALBUM

http://pitchfork.com/news/57120-beach-house-announce-new-album-depression-cherry-and-world-tour/

Yes, the sleeve for the LP and CD (pictured above) are made of actual red velvet.

http://i.imgur.com/42GB5ZP.jpg

Ha! I just made a post to that effect on fb.

New song:

consequenceofsound.net/2015/07/beach-house-premieres-new-song-sparks-listen/

I think it's the best song they ever made.

a little heavy on the MBV imo

it is good though, i kind of lost interest in this band after the first couple albums despite their critical rise

ahh yea it is a beautiful song actually

this album needs its own thread...

i love it

Reminds me that I forgot to listen to the last album.

the last album was really good, check it out

well it leaked. thoughts so far? happy that there's more variety for sure.

feel free to message me for a link (it's not hq though)

space song is really doing it for me

OH MY GODDDDDDD GUYSSSSSSS

DEPRESSION CHERRYYYYYYY

i'm really not trying to exaggerate here when i say that DEPRESSION CHERRY might just be the greatest music i've ever listened to in my life

at first the second half of PPP seems a bit overwrought but then i ease into it and it feels juuuust right.

such a strong 70s vibe from this one

a little heavy on the MBV imo

this does not compute

They took a big step forward on "Bloom" by going full-on Cocteau Twins at times, things can only get more awesome by adding MBV to the mix.

"levitation" is fantastic. contender for best first impression an album's made on me since the latest valet album, nature

Hmm.. I gave it a couple of goes. Despite some nice tunes, I can never get beyond 'uh-huh they've been listening to (X) a lot' with this band, and that eclipses my enjoyment of their music almost entirely.

Not sure I love this song either - drums are really ploddy and don't really carry the rest of the elements in a satisfying way. It sounds like a collage of lots of nice ideas pasted haphazardly on top of each other with little allowance for propulsion or groove.

more if the same, only back to lo-fi and reverb. more dream pop.
nice melodies.
very relaxing.
and i like the fact they moved back instead of commercialsing themselves for good.

no immediate "hits" too which is great, cause Beach House best songs are the growers imo

I might ration myself a song or two a week just to space out my appreciation of this, I know I'm going to love it.

After 2 listens i'm affraid it's somewhat too monotonic.

highlights for me: bluebird, sparks, PPP.

dunno if I'll listen to the leak but "Sparks" is fucking fantastic. Agreed that it's the best song they've done so far.

I don't need every album from these guys, but this album is just what I needed.

not really feeling the last three tracks...everything else is pretty spectacular tho

especially the last half of PPP. wooooaahhhhh

Either it's boring
Or I'm old.

Loved the previous two records though

Yeah, I'm not really into this either. Everything after the third song just passes me by until Days of Candy which I really like as it reminds me of Julee Cruise. In Bloom is by far my favourite of their albums. This one is a big step down in my opinion.

Fans of the yacht side to Beach House may dig We Only Part to Meet Again by Mister and Mississippi. Spotify, YouTube playlist,

I will give this a shot. I like this band a decent amount but they're one of those bands who, other than a few really well-crafted songs, rely very heavily on atmosphere, so I feel like I only need so much of them.

Every past album = one or two truly excellent songs, surrounded by ten other songs that are similar and good but less distinguishable. Haven't heard the new one yet but wasn't crazy about the single.