Today categorically has to be the low in an itself unspeakably dire week. You know the ones encrusted with an impenetrable crud during which little, to nothing works out alright? Yeah, this is one of those alright. But then occasionally, every now and again, something absolutely blinding permeates the gloom and that, right here and so too right now, comes from Maryland ensemble Mt. Royal . 'Baltimore City has become known for having a robust and diverse music scene', or so goes their blurb and though the city's musical outpour is doubtless robust, I sometimes set about wondering how diverse [...]
Getting Eric Wareheim of Tim And Eric to direct a music video seems like a good idea if you're an artist who likes weird sh*t. He just doesn't disappoint in [...] The post Beach House - "Wishes" Video appeared first on The Smoking Section .
I precisely remember opening Beach House’s newest album Bloom in the back office of the radio station just when it came out. While flipping through the booklet I happened upon an image that I immediately recognized: a star illuminated upon the side of a mountain under the night sky. This star in question is located in the West Texas desert, in my hometown of El Paso. It was then I remembered a friend mentioning that the band had taken residency at Sonic Ranch, a world-class, live-in studio located in the outskirts of the city on an old pecan orchard. Now, [...]
There's a song, the third on The Moths Are Real (which just so happens to be the third full-length recording from London's very own Serafina Steer which, again coincidentally, was released just this week), that goes by the name the Ballad Of Brick Lane. It tells of its author's distaste for the tat-strewn and bric-a-brac-addled nonsenses of this particular part of E2, though as this afternoon bleakly ambles into evening hers is the name illumining the dim alleys of this widely derided, if with that wildly overvalued walkway. The bright splodges set against [...]
You'll doubtless already be only too aware of Baltimore's insatiable proclivity for dream-pop – go figure. Or rather, go find a Beach House review devoid of the term dream or any given synonym thereof. Still searching, and indeed I've been scouring both high and low for something to if not shatter the mould entirely, then at to at least reset its shape a touch. And lo and behold, call off the inquisition for right before us we've Celebration – a Maryland sextet again trading in the nebulous and loosely oneiric, [...]
Beach House returned after the success of 20102s 'Teen Dream' with an album that potentially surpasses its predecessor. The Baltimore duo are perpetually filed under the "dream pop" label but 'Bloom' not only showed that no one did it better in 2012 but, crucially, pushed the genre into new sonic landscapes. Victoria LeGrand and Alex [...]
Win our top 31 albums of 2012 ! (Read the original review ) Cascading melodies, ethereal atmospherics, and idyllic harmonies: Bloom is where grace and elegance abound without the dips into indulgence or the clamouring glamour to be heard. It’s a subtlety that Beach House have honed throughout the course of their career but on Bloom it’s heightened by a fluidity that seamlessly knit the record into a sinuous flow of bliss. Vocalist [...]
Baltimore, Maryland can do no wrong in my ears and though needless to say Victoria Legrand is the figurative big momma of the city's burgeoning dream-pop escapades, please do spare a thought for Mothersday . An all-male ensemble of three, the snowballing crescendoes with which the woozy bundle of anthemia that is Shoulder Soldier peaks form their first artistic endeavour to tumble on over from the East Coast: kept in line by martial snares and regimented further by bristly yodels, it's one that'll stick with us right through Mothering Sunday. And for those of you out there [...]
Were Baltimore's dreamiest of its innumerable dream popsters Beach House a colour, theirs would indubitably be a wash of alluring blue. To paraphrase Bloom : track 6, or Troublemaker, they surged out of the blue and into the redder hearts of many; no, most with previous LP Teen Dream and musically, in Bloom , they've maintained that oneiric sound that remains clearer than an azure sky . Clear, lucid, and above all irrefutably crystalline. Simplicity at play, almost. Maybe a baby blue. Live though, they can truly rasp if and when they [...]
Photo by Liz FlyntzBeach House duo Alex Scully and Victoria Legrand might be the darlings of the indie rock world, but they enter that realm unconsciously and perhaps a little unwillingly. The pair's
Brand it what you will – ambient or otherwise – but when Chris Clark returned earlier on in the year, he deigned to bring with him his masterpiece. Iradelphic remains a record of our year thus far, hence it was a pleasure to be granted an opportunity to hurl a few concise interrogations in the general direction of his inbox. Below he confronts the dastardly compartmentalisation of all modern-day musics, dream collabs, and dishes out some ever welcome Dylan vitriol... Dots: Thankfully we no longer [...]
Beach House is a 1 trick pony that every1 loves even though their most recent album is a step backwards from their 2k10 masterpiece "Teen Dream." It's okay though, because even though they have already peaked and should potentially move on to new challenges/new projects so that people don't get too tired of them [via pulling an LCD Soundsystem ], we still get to look at Vicki LeGrand being Vicki LeGrand . I could get lost in those curlz 4 days... even if this performance is pretty boring and Beach House looks comatose [...]
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We always enjoy picking our top albums/artists of the year to be included in The Hype Machine's Music Blog Zeitgeist as one of those occasions where all Cougar Microbes writers comes together. This sunday BBC 6 Music and The Hype Machine are joining forces to unveil the top 25 artists of the year SO FAR [...]
Whenever u say the name ' Beach House ', ppl are automatically like 'they are s0 beautaful and majestic.' It's generally true, but I watched this clip of them on Jools Holland (the UK Jimmy Fallon ) and it seems like they are sorta 'dead' on stage, or maybe in a medically induced coma. It's too dark 2 know if they are passionately playing. Maybe they are nervous? Maybe they feel as though their music took a step backwards on this album, and they wish they were playing Teen Dream ? At the end of the [...]
Beach House some how went from 'vastly underrated' to 'way overrated' in a few short album cycles. Don't get me wrong, I vibe to the Beach Haus, but it can be pretty boring, especially on TV when they are just standing there trying to be deep. While there's nothing wrong with vibing to VixxLeggies, I sorta wish they at least did something stupid that was 'trying too hard' on here so there would be something to write about. Instead, they just do the Beach House thing. Not really a good sell for one of their concerts, unless [...]
Beach House Bloom 2012 - Sub Pop / Bella Union [ 9.0 ] . . ... Ya consolidados, Victoria Legrand y Alex Scally volvieron a [...]
Photos by Erez Avissar Oh Vicki... I'm getting lost in ur curls... Literally... Trying to find a wave of curls to ride... But there are just so many Vicki LeGrand ... Ur kinda like the Sexi Cousin It of indie How do u execute such PERFECT Feist -like bangs with a curly mop of hair? Ur hair stylist deserves 2 be celebrated for breaking laws of physics for the sake of ur PREMIUM ALT DIVA STATUS [...]
Buy Beach House 's album "Bloom" : Vinyl | MP3 | CD Beach House is on a short list of bands who have a distinctively beautiful sound of their own. They have been imitated by many bands who ultimately fall short of achieving the cavernous depths of Victoria Legrand ’s voice and the simple brevity of Alex Scally ’s musicianship. “Bloom” is Beach House ’s first release since 2010’s “Teen Dream” , which [...]
Comercialmente hablando, hay un antes y un después de Teen Dream en la carrera de Beach House . Y es que si bien el grupo nunca apostó por la ruta fácil para su entrega de 2010, sí supo conservar y expandir en ella sus mejores cualidades, al punto de que hasta el día de hoy es considerada por muchos como su mejor producción. La calidad de esta placa también les trajo una gran exposición en los medios, algo con lo que la banda, adoradora del misterio, no parece estar muy contenta, al menos de acuerdo con las primeras entrevistas [...]
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