Beach House - 7 (2018)

sounding great on contact, lots of rap sample fodder on this

― Simon H., Friday, May 11, 2018 10:29 AM (thirty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, i'm shocked that some Soundcloud dude hasn't already jacked Lemon Glow for a banger. it's readymade, just add ad-libs.

Beach House and Arctic Monkeys understandably get most of the attention today, and they're okay. I'd feeling these more:

Death And The Maiden - Wisteria: Second album of dream pop/post-punk from New Zealand group.
https://occultation.bandcamp.com/album/wisteria
https://fishriderrecords.bandcamp.com/album/wisteria

The Third Sound - All Tomorrow's Shadows: Third album from Italian psych noir band based in Germany.
https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/all-tomorrows-shadows

a flash in the pan
― Stephen Bush (Stephen B.), Saturday, November 18, 2006 2:42 PM (eleven years ago)

Damn tonight this is out! Sign me up for the listening party

three tracks in this sounds like pure-grade hipster syrup

Pay No Mind rubbed me the wrong way—one of the chord progressions made me grind my teeth—but the rest of the album is lovely.

Oh wait, wrong song. It was actually Dark Spring. Remove the first track of the album, and the rest of it's a delight.

have never been really into them but this sounds quite nice if not groundbreaking or anything

glad they went more in the direction of Sparks from Depression Cherry

Yeah dark spring does nothing for me

It’s not their best opener, but I do love the abrupt transition into Pay No Mind.

Dark Spring gives me Ladytron - Velocifero vibes.

L’iconnue sounds like Claire hamill

Might end up being my favourite beach. Weird amorphous shit

so many hidden gems to find in this album

Not sure about how I feel with beach house referencing epic by FNM on Woo

Girl of the year is like cars drive levels dreamy

Not bad. A little wishy-washy but it's dreampop! What makes me suspicious: the tunes seem to unfold/unwrap themselves already after the first listen. I fear diminishing returns. The closer "Last Ride" is pretty vacuous.

I love beach house
https://i.imgur.com/wiAybJg.jpg

Dunno man pay no mind is some Mazzy shit

WOW

Drunk in LA sounds like it could be a brand new Slowdive song. Love this and is right up my alley

xps agree with the claire hamill comp

Cheers nxd

Record sounds a lot like the cover

Similar to tender buttons in the sense that a lot of the action seems to come spatially in the left and right whereas the vocals are in the middle. Like on lemon glow - the synths or guitars whatever they are attack on the left and right but the song anchors in the middle.

Dunno really like this record. Sounds like bsides and slow burners

Woo has to be one of my favourite things they've ever done

I only just now found out that Sonic Boom from Spacemen 3 produced this.

I love woo xpost

Love how the name seems to come from that vocal sample that goes whoooooah

Co-produced with Beach House
Xpost

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

Nice enough dream pop/shoegaze

So densely produced I’ve noticed new sonic details every time, gives the record replayability

Pay No Mind giving off heavy Disintegration vibes.

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

This is the album they have veered towards making all their career. Breathtaking stuff.

They've never flown this close to the Cocteau Twins.

This is that shit

Woo,
Girl of the year and lose your smile are three of my top 10 beach house now

I haven't heard a Beach House album since the first three, diving into 7 now.

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.

Xpost to Matthew - that’s ok bud

Glad I’m not the only one

It's pleasant enough. Might be a grower.

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

Maybe it'll click. Love the Cocteaus, Spacemen 3 etc etc.

What I like about this is how the abstraction of their lyrics match music that supports that ambiguity

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

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.

girl of the year rules

I'm starting to thaw y'all

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

lol what!

Dunno I love all their records and listened to 7 religiously. Sure sometimes a break is needed but this is an albums babs

Band

hey this is pretty good

MBV but with keyboards instead of guitars, kinda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxx9Oahy-80

even the 7 B-side is great

seeing them tomorrow for i would guess the 8th or 9th time

'Alien' is a banger

https://open.spotify.com/track/1oIbOjq8A5mTMy5UdhCDai?si=zzk3jsmXR6yfPlQdxwEUCQ

One of the most straight-up rock songs they've done.

I saw Beach House and My Bloody Valentine at the same venue, within a month of each other, this year. Both were loud, dreamy, and had spectacularly colorful animated projections. With this song, Beach House have more or less turned into MBV. So I want them to form a supergroup now, even though both groups seem sort of insular and might just cancel each other out.

My Bloody Beach House

i think lemon glow might be their best song

https://www.instagram.com/p/BwuxWkPF76z

Something’s coming on Monday? I’m thinking either a live album, or *maybe* a surprise new release like TYLS? (probably wishful thinking)

My album of the decade