Might end up being my favourite beach. Weird amorphous shit
― Ross, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
so many hidden gems to find in this album
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:43 (five years ago) link
Not sure about how I feel with beach house referencing epic by FNM on Woo
― Peaked redundancy (Ross), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:43 (five years ago) link
Girl of the year is like cars drive levels dreamy
― Peaked redundancy (Ross), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:49 (five years ago) link
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.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 11 May 2018 20:21 (five years ago) link
I love beach househttps://i.imgur.com/wiAybJg.jpg
― ||||||||, Friday, 11 May 2018 21:25 (five years ago) link
Dunno man pay no mind is some Mazzy shit
― Blood roses (Ross), Friday, 11 May 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
WOW
― Bee OK, Friday, 11 May 2018 23:34 (five years ago) link
Drunk in LA sounds like it could be a brand new Slowdive song. Love this and is right up my alley
― Bee OK, Friday, 11 May 2018 23:35 (five years ago) link
xps agree with the claire hamill comp
― nxd, Saturday, 12 May 2018 12:11 (five years ago) link
Cheers nxd
Record sounds a lot like the cover
― Blood roses (Ross), Saturday, 12 May 2018 13:27 (five years ago) link
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.
― Blood roses (Ross), Saturday, 12 May 2018 13:32 (five years ago) link
Dunno really like this record. Sounds like bsides and slow burners
― Blood roses (Ross), Saturday, 12 May 2018 13:34 (five years ago) link
Woo has to be one of my favourite things they've ever done
― ufo, Saturday, 12 May 2018 13:38 (five years ago) link
I only just now found out that Sonic Boom from Spacemen 3 produced this.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 13 May 2018 08:29 (five 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 (five years ago) link
Co-produced with Beach HouseXpost
― nostormo, Sunday, 13 May 2018 18:26 (five 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 (five years ago) link
Nice enough dream pop/shoegaze
― curmudgeon, Monday, 14 May 2018 14:05 (five 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 (five years ago) link
Pay No Mind giving off heavy Disintegration vibes.
― vmajestic, Monday, 14 May 2018 15:20 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five years ago) link
This is that shit
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 19 May 2018 17:54 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five years ago) link
Xpost to Matthew - that’s ok bud
― Ross, Saturday, 19 May 2018 23:14 (five years ago) link
Glad I’m not the only one
― calstars, Saturday, 19 May 2018 23:19 (five 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 (five 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 (five years ago) link
Maybe it'll click. Love the Cocteaus, Spacemen 3 etc etc.
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Saturday, 19 May 2018 23:48 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five years ago) link
girl of the year rules
― nxd, Sunday, 20 May 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link
I'm starting to thaw y'all
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Monday, 21 May 2018 11:00 (five 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 (five 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 (five years ago) link
The counting to seven in French bit is wonderful.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 06:07 (five 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 (five years ago) link
On tour so don't slouch!
― add surface noise (Ross), Thursday, 24 May 2018 19:56 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five years ago) link
yeah otm
― ciderpress, Monday, 28 May 2018 15:20 (five 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 (five years ago) link
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)
― KevRus, Saturday, 27 April 2019 00:50 (four years ago) link
My album of the decade
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 9 February 2020 07:53 (four years ago) link