Beach House

"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.

i love depression cherry so much

this is somehow even more romantic sounding than their previous albums. It's very nice

The album is a dream, y'all are on crack

^^^

I took a nice walk today and listened to devotion, still think there is much that is wonderful on that album. turtle island really stood out, that tune is gorgeous

i give up. Cherry is a grower and it's great.
especially Wildflower.

this is not on Spotify as of yet. see that it got the "Best New Music" tag today.

yeah the album comes out next friday so i don't understand why it went up so early

The album leaked in June, so there must have been a copy floating around the Pitchfork office since at least then.

Hearing it for the first time - it's like all the other Beach House albums: 100% pleasant but blurry, with a few transcendent moments.

My opinion of this record has grown a lot more positive with subsequent listens. Above comment still more or less applies, but I'm playing it really loud at the moment (not something I usually do with Beach House) and it's making me here the record in a whole new way. Opening two tracks in particular are really terrific at full volume.

This album is beautiful and it may be my new favorite of theirs.

agree that it gets better with multiple listens. I put it on when I have 40 minutes to kill and just want to levitate a bit

they are a pretty fantastic live band right now if they happen to be coming your way

o rly? I saw them many moons ago when they toured in support of devotion.. was just the two of them and a drum machine

excited to hear it's a grower. only listened once so far, but i'll put it on again tonight

it's a grower but it stopped growing for me at some point

xxp i saw them last week with a drummer and a bassist/keyboardist. they sounded massive on some of the newer stuff.

i think this is my favorite album so far this year, loving it.

so perfect for a Southern Californian like myself.

a total bore

nah

they are playing this album on repeat at variety roasters in bushwick fyi. it sounds good against the ambient background hum of the coffee roasting machine.

I love the last three albums but only Space Song is sticking with me this time.

The cadence of PPP, so mesmerizing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJLQfOQbtyE

Her voice at 5:35...wow

HAH. clearly the wrong video. oops. let's try that again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYQJKvNcMHU

5:35 tho

http://pitchfork.com/news/61531-beach-house-releasing-new-album-thank-your-lucky-stars-next-week/

Well, there's a surprise. I hope it's good. I've been struggling to get into Depression Cherry. It feels a bit half-asssed after Bloom.

such an awesome move. bought the bundle, listening to DC in full for the first time now

"10:37" is a perfect song, though I find the "House Made of Dawn" reference confusing. Not the only spot on the album where they borrow a book title for imagery.

thank you lucky stars for "elegy to the void"

yeah that song stopped me in my tracks this morning

opening track is killer too

is this album a glass of Ny-Quil like the last?

you say that like nyquil is a bad thing