Beach House - 7 (2018)

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

I feel total trust in the universe knowing a song like L’’Iconnue came out of it

The counting to seven in French bit is wonderful.

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’m
convinced is an organ fed through a pitch shifter effect

On tour so don't slouch!

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

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.

Kinda feel dc and stars were just dry runs for this new record. They sound like demo albums in comparison to 7

I love those records but 7 excels in every way at pushing that sound forward

yeah otm

One of my fav moments is the voice going “yes!” In woo after Victoria says “I won’t give up”

i think they said the previous two albums were an attempt at going back-to-basics after Bloom was bigger-sounding

and yet DC has some incredibly 'big' moments imo, like that devastating guitar during 'Beyond Love's' extended fade-in, and the massive outro of 'PPP.'

I absolutely love '7,' esp. its continuation of DC/TYLS's trend of gorgeous fade-ins (Drunk in LA and Black Car) and fade-outs (L'Inconnue and Lose Your Smile). But I still think Depression Cherry has some of the band's best synth and esp. guitar work, and so I see DC more as a progression towards '7' than a retread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em3NEHjUneE

dc is their second best album

beyond love is SO good man.

requested that on their setlist request website and they played it - that song kills me

i like how 7 seems to be an antidote to depression cherry - "depressed and impressed" - there's a more valedictory approach to depression on 7, it's not that the sadness has went away it's just that it's managed

yeah ‘Beyond Love’ will forever be my fav! I think it’s DC’s thesis statement.

sad that it isn’t regularly played in their sets, yet 10 Mile Stereo STILL is...wouldn’t mind some other Teen Dream tracks instead!

Feel like beyond love captures depression perfectly. What a song

Kinda feel dc and stars were just dry runs for this new record. They sound like demo albums in comparison to 7

DC was more glum and introspective, to me it felt like a calculated retreat from the more full on "Bloom". But TYLS definitely comes off like a dry run for "7", like they wanted to go back to making pop songs again but weren't sure how it should eventually sound.

absolutely !

I’m remixing one track from this :)

For the band?

For myself lol. I wish man

black car...

Good track. Was just jamming out to some Depression Cherry over here, got a vinyl copy for father's day. Hope I can score a copy of 7 soon.

7 is so good

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/8ubimu/beach_house_ask_us_anything/?st=jixjslob&sh=cfc53aba

damn man

this album is so good. i really hope to get into their sold out show in early August at the Hollywood Cemetery.

Ross, are you my main man?

Just listened to this yet again.

Am seriously pondering buying $70 scalped tickets for their upcoming show in Austin.

Old news no doubt, but I was so pleased to learn from that AMA that Kendrick Lamar's "Money Trees" is built on a sample from "Silver Soul":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PzHtvaImL0

yes bee, you are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW7IdPcXw1Y

early version of L'Inconnue

gorgeous. sounds like procul harum