Beach House

They do one thing very well and that's about as much as you can ask of anything

this is gorgeous stuff

I've only heard bits of this so far but I've been listening to a lot of Beach House lately. I've always found it tough to rank their albums, but right now it would go something like this.

Bloom (the one that got me into them)
Depression Cherry (didn't rate this at first, huge grower)
Teen Dream
Beach House
Devotion (this one doesn't seem that essential to their back catalogue, more of a bridge between the first and third albums)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (Majorette and The Traveller are the only ones I really love on here)

my personal ranking:

depression cherry
teen dream
beach house
devotion
thank your lucky stars
bloom

note that this is all on a rating scale of like, 9.3-8.8

They do one thing very well and that's about as much as you can ask of anything

yea i love this band

really happy to see all the DC love

beyond love is a beautiful track

and this album nails that anodyne vibe

I think Bloom will always be my favourite but Depression Cherry is comfortably in second place now. It's one the biggest U-turns I've done on an album in recent years.

Finally got round to giving the compilation a listen. It is indeed great and probably a better listen than maybe three of their albums.

my feeling is that depression cherry will age the best out of all their work so far

Looking forward to hearing DC,never listened. First I want more time with this tho, it's nice.

been listening to these guys a ton lately, here's my ranking:

bloom
depression cherry
teen dream = thank your lucky stars
devotion

haven't listened to the self titled yet

i'm glad everyone mentioned depression cherry. i liked it when it came out but haven't revisited it in a really long time. when i put it on again each song sounded so warmly familiar, even though i had probably only listened to each track a couple times.

"Sparks" is such an amazing song and I wish they'd do more in that vein.

I am surprised I thought Teen Dream would be the popular favourite if LPs being ranked.

i've never heard DC until this week, and i didn't even know TYLS existed- and i listened to bloom and teen dream a lot in their times, devotion only some. TYLS started playing on youtube without me being aware it was not DC. it's wonderfully direct imo. loving the hell out of one thing right now.

not at all surprising to me that bloom would be the favorite. like they said in the interviews before the album dropped, it feels like their definitive statement that they've been working up to until that point. i resisted for a while but i had to admit that it stands apart from the rest of their excellent discography

never change, beach house

Depression Cherry is has been a wonderful, much-repeated listening experience since i read this thread.

i have since fallen head over heels for teen dream, so it is now tied for second with depression cherry in my power ranking

depression cherry is so good

how are they live? they are coming to lovely Southern California this month and thinking about catching the show, especially since it will be on a Friday night.

i saw them after depression cherry came out and they were extremely good live, total mastery of dynamics, really filled the room.

I saw them around Bloom and it was great for the same reasons.

They're great live. Saw them on the DC/Thank Your Lucky Stars tour. Hearing songs from "Bloom" were explosive and the recent material, especially "Beyond Love" was aces

I agree they are amazing live. Go!

excellent live. would definitely go.

it's kind of weird to mention, but what stood out to me was the BASS. for some reason hearing the bass/organ lines on a really loud, crystal clear sound system added another dimension to their music.

That's not weird Karl. I didn't notice that at all nth that's the beauty of music?

I've seen them every time I've been able to, probably 7 times, always great. Alex plays the bass with his feet!

they sold out before i was able to get tickets. i'm so bummed but seeing Swervedriver two nights later anyways. i will get a live fix this weekend after all.

they're coming to play the santa fe opera house soon, which, after my first visit there last night, is a really magical venue

I've found everything post 'Bloom' to be aimless and plodding. I guess I'm a pop kid.

I've enjoyed a bunch of what they've done since, but yeah, I miss the sharper songcraft.

I recommend the setlist generator on the beach house website if one is attending a show. You can request 3 songs. Not sure how much they adhere to it but it's fun

Would be cool to see the ilx consensus on favourite album. Bloom is a perfect pop record and really life affirming but feel like depression cherry is on par, it's just the missing half.

teen dream imo. they are all good though

Bloom

Bloom is easily my favourite. Probably Depression Cherry in second place.

Teen Dream

The debut and its musty sickness

i made a poll Best Beach House Album (So Far)

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my personal ranking from most favorite to least favorite:

Depression Cherry
Teen Dream
Beach House
Devotion
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Bloom

note that this is on a scoring scale of 9.3 - 8.8. they're my favorite.

Ha, well, I guess I'm a contrarian then - I think Devotion is pretty beautiful - it was my entry point so probably special to me. And I loved Thank Your Lucky Stars, the slightly tougher sounds kicked it into new territory for me.

I used work with a guy who loved Teen Dream so much he couldn’t even listen to the newer stuff with the more cosmic sound.

i made a tweet out of this, but this is what each Beach House album would be like if they were films:

S/T: Super 8 home movie
DEVOTION: psychedelic underground cult classic
TEEN DREAM: coming-of-age fantasy
BLOOM: nocturnal road trip blockbuster
DEPRESSION CHERRY: retrofuturist space epic
THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS: wintry lone drifter tale

I used work with a guy who loved Teen Dream so much he couldn’t even listen to the newer stuff with the more cosmic sound.

i met someone who refused to listen to anything past devotion. i was like uhh you're really doing yourself a disservice there

I think there's a certain degree of conscious returning to earlier minimalism on dc-tyls after the widescreen dream pop of Bloom. Most of the vocals are also bereft of the thick reverb as well

still haven't listened to Thank Your Lucky Stars. Depression Cherry became my favorite recently. vinyl copy of Bloom developed a skip that makes me so angry I resent the whole album. Saw one of my favorite concerts at the Hollywood Bowl circa Teen Dream. Devotion has our song.

TYLS is equal to or better than Cherry

going to give it a shot over the weekend

Yeah agree with you Moodles. TYLS also sounds great after DC as a pick me up record.

****new beach house****

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08qd-vsHbaY&feature=youtu.be