I only just now found out that Sonic Boom from Spacemen 3 produced this.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 13 May 2018 08:29 (six years ago) link
I love woo xpost
Love how the name seems to come from that vocal sample that goes whoooooah
― Roll (Ross), Sunday, 13 May 2018 15:03 (six years ago) link
Co-produced with Beach HouseXpost
― nostormo, Sunday, 13 May 2018 18:26 (six years ago) link
this is the album i've always wanted them to make, easily their best. they've broadened their sound and largely replaced the retro organs and arpeggios with huge walls of synths and distortion. the most stylistic variation on a single album of theirs too, their previous albums could get quite same-y. all the songs are excellent too
― ufo, Monday, 14 May 2018 02:37 (six years ago) link
Nice enough dream pop/shoegaze
― curmudgeon, Monday, 14 May 2018 14:05 (six years ago) link
So densely produced I’ve noticed new sonic details every time, gives the record replayability
― Depressed and impressed (Ross), Monday, 14 May 2018 14:12 (six years ago) link
Pay No Mind giving off heavy Disintegration vibes.
― vmajestic, Monday, 14 May 2018 15:20 (six years ago) link
Plainsong, particularly...
It’s cool on L’inconnue how it’s ambiguous if that’s a slide guitar near the end or a synth. I would be interested to see this played live
― Depressed and impressed (Ross), Monday, 14 May 2018 17:15 (six years ago) link
This is the album they have veered towards making all their career. Breathtaking stuff.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 14 May 2018 23:52 (six years ago) link
They've never flown this close to the Cocteau Twins.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 00:05 (six years ago) link
This is that shit
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 19 May 2018 17:54 (six years ago) link
Woo,Girl of the year and lose your smile are three of my top 10 beach house now
― Ross, Saturday, 19 May 2018 21:06 (six years ago) link
I haven't heard a Beach House album since the first three, diving into 7 now.
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 19 May 2018 22:58 (six years ago) link
I've spent a week trying to fall in love with this record, it's just not happening. Apart from Black Car there's nothing I get a thrill of excitement from. And I am a huge fan, devoured and savoured every album rapturously since Devotion.
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Saturday, 19 May 2018 23:03 (six years ago) link
Xpost to Matthew - that’s ok bud
― Ross, Saturday, 19 May 2018 23:14 (six years ago) link
Glad I’m not the only one
― calstars, Saturday, 19 May 2018 23:19 (six years ago) link
It's pleasant enough. Might be a grower.
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 19 May 2018 23:28 (six years ago) link
this is really good though it also feels like they've drifted far enough into shoegaze territory that their sound is less distinct compared to e.g. slowdive or cocteau twins
― ciderpress, Saturday, 19 May 2018 23:33 (six years ago) link
Maybe it'll click. Love the Cocteaus, Spacemen 3 etc etc.
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Saturday, 19 May 2018 23:48 (six years ago) link
What I like about this is how the abstraction of their lyrics match music that supports that ambiguity
― Ross, Sunday, 20 May 2018 00:06 (six years ago) link
I think it still feels distinct compared to the dream-pop canon of Slowdive, Cocteau Twins etc. as despite the added distortion this time around they're still much more synth/organ heavy than either of those bands ever were
― ufo, Sunday, 20 May 2018 03:57 (six years ago) link
Before this, the most time I'd ever spent with a Beach House release was the 7" version of "Used to Be" a decade ago. Always gave the albums a once over and then moved on. This one grabs me in a way the band never had.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 20 May 2018 04:03 (six years ago) link
girl of the year rules
― nxd, Sunday, 20 May 2018 15:38 (six years ago) link
I'm starting to thaw y'all
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Monday, 21 May 2018 11:00 (six years ago) link
i'll need to listen to this more, i love this band so much but apart from devotion and depression cherry most of their records didn't open up for me immediately
― marcos, Monday, 21 May 2018 13:51 (six years ago) link
I feel total trust in the universe knowing a song like L’’Iconnue came out of it
― Music is confidence (Ross), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 04:07 (six years ago) link
The counting to seven in French bit is wonderful.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 06:07 (six years ago) link
Couple sonic details I like
The metallic hi hat in the right channel on dark spring
The slide effect near the outro of l’iconnue which I’mconvinced is an organ fed through a pitch shifter effect
― don piano (Ross), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 19:00 (six years ago) link
On tour so don't slouch!
― add surface noise (Ross), Thursday, 24 May 2018 19:56 (six years ago) link
Lose your smile woo and girl of the year are a perfect trilogy. Walking in sun to this and felt like I could do anything
― California scheming (Ross), Monday, 28 May 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
I love this album so much. I was obsessed with Teen Dream and Bloom, then I kind of lost interest around Depression Cherry and Thank Your Lucky Stars (don't know why!) and skipped that era, but now I'm back on board. I need to revisit those two previous records as well.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Monday, 28 May 2018 10:27 (six years ago) link
Kinda feel dc and stars were just dry runs for this new record. They sound like demo albums in comparison to 7
― California scheming (Ross), Monday, 28 May 2018 15:02 (six years ago) link
I love those records but 7 excels in every way at pushing that sound forward
― California scheming (Ross), Monday, 28 May 2018 15:03 (six years ago) link
yeah otm
― ciderpress, Monday, 28 May 2018 15:20 (six years ago) link
One of my fav moments is the voice going “yes!” In woo after Victoria says “I won’t give up”
― California scheming (Ross), Monday, 28 May 2018 16:29 (six years ago) link
i think they said the previous two albums were an attempt at going back-to-basics after Bloom was bigger-sounding
― ufo, Monday, 28 May 2018 16:51 (six years ago) link
and yet DC has some incredibly 'big' moments imo, like that devastating guitar during 'Beyond Love's' extended fade-in, and the massive outro of 'PPP.'
I absolutely love '7,' esp. its continuation of DC/TYLS's trend of gorgeous fade-ins (Drunk in LA and Black Car) and fade-outs (L'Inconnue and Lose Your Smile). But I still think Depression Cherry has some of the band's best synth and esp. guitar work, and so I see DC more as a progression towards '7' than a retread.
― KevRus, Monday, 28 May 2018 20:03 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em3NEHjUneE
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 28 May 2018 21:46 (six years ago) link
dc is their second best album
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Monday, 28 May 2018 21:50 (six years ago) link
beyond love is SO good man.
requested that on their setlist request website and they played it - that song kills me
― California scheming (Ross), Monday, 28 May 2018 22:47 (six years ago) link
i like how 7 seems to be an antidote to depression cherry - "depressed and impressed" - there's a more valedictory approach to depression on 7, it's not that the sadness has went away it's just that it's managed
― California scheming (Ross), Monday, 28 May 2018 22:48 (six years ago) link
yeah ‘Beyond Love’ will forever be my fav! I think it’s DC’s thesis statement.
sad that it isn’t regularly played in their sets, yet 10 Mile Stereo STILL is...wouldn’t mind some other Teen Dream tracks instead!
― KevRus, Tuesday, 29 May 2018 00:03 (six years ago) link
Feel like beyond love captures depression perfectly. What a song
― California scheming (Ross), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 00:27 (six years ago) link
DC was more glum and introspective, to me it felt like a calculated retreat from the more full on "Bloom". But TYLS definitely comes off like a dry run for "7", like they wanted to go back to making pop songs again but weren't sure how it should eventually sound.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 29 May 2018 11:04 (six years ago) link
absolutely !
― California scheming (Ross), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 12:09 (six years ago) link
I’m remixing one track from this :)
― California scheming (Ross), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 17:50 (six years ago) link
For the band?
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 18:02 (six years ago) link
For myself lol. I wish man
― Ross, Tuesday, 29 May 2018 18:06 (six years ago) link
black car...
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 04:01 (six years ago) link