Beach House

I’d say Thank Your Lucky Stars / Depression Cherry was their best, and about that long in total

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…

i'd gladly take a monthly quadruple album from this band

^^^^^^^^^

seriously who complains about too much music from a band as good as this

"Superstar" is awesome

"Through Me" has a bit of a Stranger Things vibe. These guys rule.

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.

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 :)

and of course as soon as the last track ended on this ep, spotify went straight on to cherry-coloured funk

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

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.

Once Twice Melody sounds like the title to a particularly bad Glee episode.

Love “superstar”.

It does not sound like Chromatics at all for me though

Production is very meticulous (maybe too much?!)
But the songs themselves are kinda Beach House generic, except Superstar which is the best song here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf7hoM5RdeU

oh wow "over and over"

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

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.

pondering how to approach this in our EOY poll. Is it justified to vote for only half an album?

fuck, ESP!

pondering how to approach this in our EOY poll. Is it justified to vote for only half an album?

― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, December 8, 2021 bookmarkflaglink

Personally treating the whole thing like a 2022 album (and in fact, have been putting off listening to it until then - same with the Big Thief stuff that's come out this year.)

chapter three is out, or up, I guess…it's difficult to convey how deeply this record and this band affects me…I guess in saying that I heard Loveless first in '94 and it knocked my on my ass, and then really went hard with the Cocteau Twins five years ago after not fucking with them ever, goes some distance towards how much this record —and the prior two— hits the spot…I want to see the tour REAL BAD, assuming it happens, but I have a 1 year old and there is of course no way to know when she could have adequate protection…

(and in fact, have been putting off listening to it until then - same with the Big Thief stuff that's come out this year.)

Glad I'm not the only one, though I did crack on some of the Big Thief tracks.

I was excited to listen to this, then I noticed there is one more "chapter" to go.

this might be me favorite 'chapter' so far. I don't want to hype it too much, for those waiting until the album is complete but these are amongst the best songs they've ever done.

Couldn't wait, this stuff is so lovely. "Over and Over" is the one that really leapt out to me.

I don't want to hype it too much … but these are amongst the best songs they've ever done.

Listened to the new songs twice and nothing has grabbed me. So far def prefer 7 to this. Still good stuff tho!

Yeah, my first reaction is it's definitely no better than their best stuff, and probably not quite as good as Teen Dream or 7. But, like, so? Shoot it into my veins!

(Which autocorrect tried to change to "shoot it into my van," which I will also accept.)

Not feeling this, sadly.
The songs seems too "mechanical",no emotion. And the vocals robotic filter is annoying.

IMO, The best song from this so far is Another Go Round, which was recorded for a soundtrack a year ago or so.

Would you pass judgement on a novel before you've read the final chapter!?

If it's good, yes.
If it's bad i would stop reading long before the last chapter

Your loss, you're missing out on the big twist! (Every book you never finished has a big twist you missed.)

the twist is that it all takes place in dean martin's guest house

beach house is keyser soze

The house was in the mountains all along

Beach House is NOT the father

I don't know how a Beach House fan could listen to "Superstar" without being swept away in its grandeur.

love every single thing Beach House has made; this 3rd chapter may be my overall favorite out of these 3 released so far

I like Beach House but can't be fucked with this chapters thing, I'll just listen to it when they finish eking it out

“Masquerade” is the goth new wave banger I didn’t know I wanted them to make.

hey - i've always liked what i heard from this band, listened to a few things here and there but i guess i was kinda tuned out for a while and associated them with the GAPDY era pitchfork, etc etc

what's the best place to start?

Devotion would be my pick

Teen Dream would seemingly be the consensus pick. My personal fav as well.

Bloom is my favorite

it's an interesting question, where to start. because for those first two albums, s/t and devotion, they were kind of lo-fi in terms of their sound. that's part of why the expanded sound of teen dream hit so awesomely and felt kind of sensorial.

i wonder if depression cherry would be a weird place to start?

there's no wrong place to start, really

bloom would also be a wonderful entry point

Bloom
7

And the new one would be what I’d recommend but they’re very consistent. Almost any album is a good starting point.