I probably haven't listened to Beach House in a couple of years (time flies), but put on "7" and "Teen Dream" just now and it's all so almost unbearably pretty.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 01:45 (three years ago) link
Music is all about FEELINGS man and the stuff that hits me the hardest I don’t want to stumble upon or listen to while I’m frying an egg or emptying the trash
― calstars, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 01:49 (three years ago) link
Wrong thread Anyway yeah I was wondering what they’re up to ...
Frying eggs, obv.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 02:43 (three years ago) link
Sorry Ma, Forgot to Hit You in the Feels
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 03:00 (three years ago) link
Anyway yeah I was wondering what they’re up to ...
3 years since 7 came out. *drums fingers on table*
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 10 September 2021 17:30 (two years ago) link
I want to say they might be working with ... Lanois?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 10 September 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
Quarantine Dream
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 10 September 2021 18:14 (two years ago) link
IIRC they scored an installation, but yeah I'd like a new record too.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Friday, 10 September 2021 18:34 (two years ago) link
they posted this to their IG acct last week:
https://imgur.com/a/EQ6hn26
they're my all-time favorite band, so I follow them very closely. on a podcast appearance, Victoria mentioned that they were already working on new music before the pandemic hit, and the pandemic just caused them to keep working on more music, not knowing when they'll stop. it'll continue to move towards a sonically cinematic realm in the way that the past albums have but in a more explicit way like 7. they've also hinted that they're interested in touring less(?) and making/releasing music more. so we may be coming into an embarrassment of riches when the time comes!
― winters (josh), Friday, 10 September 2021 20:30 (two years ago) link
whoops -- did the image link wrong
basically, a fan commented on their latest IG post asking about a new album, and they responded saying they're currently working on it!
― winters (josh), Friday, 10 September 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/rW7G01J.jpeg
― DJI, Friday, 10 September 2021 20:54 (two years ago) link
they've also hinted that they're interested in touring less(?) and making/releasing music more. so we may be coming into an embarrassment of riches when the time comes!
― winters (josh), Friday, September 10, 2021 8:30 PM (yesterday) =======================
shame about the touring since I always enjoy seeing them live....I have noticed on the last few albums that Victoria's not singing as forcefully as she used to - definitely noticed it in the live shows too. so one reason for them touring less would be to relieve the strain on her having to perform multiple nights in a row. whatever form they appear, it's gonna be great though, they can't seem to make a bad record.
― ^TwIn*InFiNiTiVeS^, Saturday, 11 September 2021 08:37 (two years ago) link
https://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/2021/11/08/beachhouse-oncetwicemelody-art.jpeg
from Sub Pop's website:
"ONCE TWICE MELODY is the 8th studio album by BEACH HOUSE, who formed in 2004.
ONCE TWICE MELODY is a 2xLP, featuring 18 songs and presented in 4 chapters.
BEACH HOUSE is VICTORIA LEGRAND, lead singer and multi-instrumentalist, and ALEX SCALLY, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. They write all of their songs together.
OTM was Produced entirely by BEACH HOUSE, a first for the band. Like their previous record 7, the live drums are by JAMES BARONE. Live drums were recorded at PACHYDERM studio in Minnesota and UNITED Studio in LA.
The Writing and Recording of ONCE TWICE MELODY began in 2018 and was completed in JULY 2021. Most of the songs were created during this time, though a few date back over the previous 10 years. Much of this recording was done at APPLE ORCHARD STUDIO in Baltimore.
ONCE TWICE MELODY was mixed largely by ALAN MOULDER, but a few tracks were also mixed by CAESAR EDMUNDS, TREVOR SPENCER, and DAVE FRIDMANN.
For the first time, a live STRING ENSEMBLE was used. Strings were arranged by DAVID CAMPBELL
Across the 18 Songs, many types of STYLE, SONG STRUCTURE, and SPIRIT can be heard; Songs WITHOUT drums, Songs centered around ACOUSTIC guitar, mostly ELECTRONIC Songs with no guitar, wandering melodies, repetitive melodies, Songs built around the STRING SECTIONS. While there are a lot of new sounds, many of the drum machines, organs, keyboards, and tones that listeners may associate with previous BEACH HOUSE records are still present throughout many of the compositions."
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there are also tour dates all over the world from Feb - July 2022!!!!
― winters (josh), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link
Excited about this but not really sold on the idea of it appearing in four installments over the next few month.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Tuesday, 9 November 2021 19:46 (two years ago) link
I get the sense that it’s partially integral to the experience of the album and partially to have control over the release of the album as they've publicly expressed frustration over how all their records have been leaked waaaay early on
― winters (josh), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 20:06 (two years ago) link
albums released on sub pop are about the only ones that still do leak months in advance
― ufo, Tuesday, 9 November 2021 20:53 (two years ago) link
What’s with the CAPS
― calstars, Tuesday, 9 November 2021 21:10 (two years ago) link
that’s a GOOD question
― winters (josh), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 21:17 (two years ago) link
i'm looking forward to this because 7 was their best by quite a margin
― ufo, Tuesday, 9 November 2021 21:23 (two years ago) link
Is there a RELEASE DATE?
― calstars, Tuesday, 9 November 2021 21:33 (two years ago) link
the full physical album will be released on Feb 18th which is when the last chapter will be released on streaming
― winters (josh), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
the four parts are being released on nov 10, dec 8, jan 19, and then feb 18
― ufo, Tuesday, 9 November 2021 21:56 (two years ago) link
OTM
― A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 21:58 (two years ago) link
Nov 10? That’s tomorrow (tomorrow…tomorrow…tomorrow)https://i.imgur.com/dLxy08W.png
― calstars, Tuesday, 9 November 2021 22:00 (two years ago) link
excited for this but on the other hand i hated it when hayley williams adopted almost precisely this same release strategy for her album last year - i might just listen to the first part and then wait for the rest in february
― monotony, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 00:45 (two years ago) link
i think the hayley williams album was particularly unsuited to that release strategy because its sequencing was so chaotic. i think bill callahan did something similar recently and it wasn't as bad
― ufo, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 00:49 (two years ago) link
― A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland)
― just staying (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 05:29 (two years ago) link
definitely sounds like beach house, just with some string arrangements
second track reminds me of chromatics, a little synthpoppier than usual with that bassline
― ufo, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 05:55 (two years ago) link
but after hearing these i'm not really sure i can tolerate a beach house double album (or quadruple ep as it's being presented), even when they're at their best it's not really like i want 90 minutes of what they do
― ufo, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 09:44 (two years ago) link
I’d say Thank Your Lucky Stars / Depression Cherry was their best, and about that long in total
― assert (MatthewK), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 13:53 (two years ago) link
based on the first song, it does seem that they have taken the rapid chord changes of "Dark Spring" (first time I heard that it knocked me on my ass) as at least a frequent if not encompassing stylistic template, after the previous records uniformly used a more glacial framework…ohmigod, this second song! I am so fucking there for this…
― veronica moser, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 15:15 (two years ago) link
i'd gladly take a monthly quadruple album from this band
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 18:55 (two years ago) link
^^^^^^^^^
― winters (josh), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 21:13 (two years ago) link
seriously who complains about too much music from a band as good as this
― calstars, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 21:19 (two years ago) link
"Superstar" is awesome
― Indexed, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 21:31 (two years ago) link
"Through Me" has a bit of a Stranger Things vibe. These guys rule.
― Indexed, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 21:41 (two years ago) link
Unsurprisingly this is good. I've yet to hear a song from them that I actively dislike. They're like Cocteau Twins in that way for me.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 21:46 (two years ago) link
i was most taken by the first two, particularly the title track (quarter LP title track?), but it's all good
They're like Cocteau Twins in that way for me.
yeah, this is the first beach house to come out after i finally caught cocteau fever, and i was immediately thinking of them about a minute into the ep :)
― just staying (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 23:31 (two years ago) link
and of course as soon as the last track ended on this ep, spotify went straight on to cherry-coloured funk
― just staying (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 23:34 (two years ago) link
but tbf, spotify throws me to cocteau twins after just about think i play with a keyboard in it and singing, due to aforementioned cocteau fever event. love that duo!
it's just at this point beach house have a very familiar bag of tricks, even though they've rejuvenated things a bit with 7 and this new material too
― ufo, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 23:57 (two years ago) link
Feels like they're going harder here than on previous albums but it's all a matter of degrees with Beach House. Opening of "Pink Funeral" reminds me of Susanne Sundfor's Ten Love Songs.
― Indexed, Thursday, 11 November 2021 19:21 (two years ago) link
Once Twice Melody sounds like the title to a particularly bad Glee episode.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 11 November 2021 19:34 (two years ago) link
Love “superstar”.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 12 November 2021 03:39 (two years ago) link
It does not sound like Chromatics at all for me though
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 12 November 2021 03:40 (two years ago) link
Production is very meticulous (maybe too much?!)But the songs themselves are kinda Beach House generic, except Superstar which is the best song here.
― nostormo, Friday, 12 November 2021 09:23 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf7hoM5RdeU
oh wow "over and over"
― ufo, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 07:37 (two years ago) link
this whole chapter is great but especially "new romance" and "over and over"
if this first half of the album we've got so far was just the album, it'd possibly be their very best
― ufo, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 10:45 (two years ago) link
Thanks for the reminder! This is, predictably, lovely stuff.
Early limited discussion in this thread is fun. "What do people think?" "Flash in the pan." "It's nice." "Gorgeous." Ten months pass.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 14:05 (two years ago) link