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Beach House - Depression Cherry 8/25
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Also streaming on NPR
http://www.npr.org/2015/08/19/432022528/first-listen-beach-house-depression-cherry
http://www.npr.org/2015/08/19/432022528/first-listen-beach-house-depression-cherry
Oh that set wasn't bad, it just isn't the type of music I'd normally go to a concert for. Everyone kind of just stood there in the crowd. I saw them at a music festival, which is probably not their best environment. A small theater would probably be nicer given their style.
Anton Sugar
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Oh, yeah. It's like seeing Slowdive in concert, something I'd never do again unless I have a chair.
EDIT: Listening to the whole album now and glad to hear that "Sparks" was an exception, not the rule. Enjoying it so far.
EDIT: Listening to the whole album now and glad to hear that "Sparks" was an exception, not the rule. Enjoying it so far.
Sparks is actually one of my least favourite songs on the album. Space Song, PPP, and Days of Candy are my current favourites.
Jzero
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Almost all of my favourite artists have dropped albums this year. It will be hard to top 2015 for my type of music in the next few years.
Jzero
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Same. Tame Impala played In L.A a couple days ago and I didn't even know about it 😢
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
PPP is the most incredible song I've ever heard.
That last two minutes of slide
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That last two minutes of slide
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Stairouais
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Am i the only one who things that there's something of Joe Hisaishi Totoro's soundtrack in Bluebird?
Gaf, am I crazy? Am I?
Anyway, the more i listen to it, the more I love the record. A perfect synhtesis of all their previous efforts.
Gaf, am I crazy? Am I?
Anyway, the more i listen to it, the more I love the record. A perfect synhtesis of all their previous efforts.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
the trap drum patterns all over this fucking record
holy living fuck
is this real life
hustle and shoegaze FOR FUCKING EVER
holy living fuck
is this real life
hustle and shoegaze FOR FUCKING EVER
Jzero
Member
Yup saw that a couple of hours ago and immediately bought it.
Messofanego
Banned
Heard "Wildflower" in a music/movies shop (FOPP in London, UK) and had to Shazam to confirm it was Beach House cause the vocals sounded familiar. Cool track. Now buying the album. Got myself a ticket for Oct 31st. Only know them off the awesome music video for "Wishes".
Because they can sell that many tickets
Jzero
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Because they sould out in minutes
Jzero
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They're $90 on Stubhub
equippedwithtowel
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Vinyl deal would have been amazing. Seriously considering paying sticker price though, that velvet sleeve and translucent disc is too cool to lose on a reprint.
Space Song is tied with A Walk in the Park for the Beach Housiest song (a good thing imo)
Space Song is tied with A Walk in the Park for the Beach Housiest song (a good thing imo)
Some of them feel like the reviewers had "This isn't Boom. This isn't Boom. This isn't Boom. This isn't Boom. This isn't Boom." Going through their head the entire time they listened to the album.
Like, what does this mean:
NME.com said:
Sorry Folk singers, instrumentalists, etc. If you put out more than two albums, you are played out and uninteresting.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
DirtyManos
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PPP is by far my favorite track.
Still really bitter I missed out on the Fonda shows. Maybe I'll get desperate and buy some scalped tickets online ;_;
Still really bitter I missed out on the Fonda shows. Maybe I'll get desperate and buy some scalped tickets online ;_;
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
That $9 vinyl price looks like some mistake, that package looks kinda fancy to sell so cheap. I guess they're just being generous.
I wouldn't start people out on Beach House with this album, but it's definitely a good slow burn.
I wouldn't start people out on Beach House with this album, but it's definitely a good slow burn.
Jzero
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That's funny. 10:30, Bluebird, and Days of Candy are the only songs i didn't really like.
vatstep
This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
I ordered it regardless, but how do we know that it's the deluxe version ("Loser Edition") anyway? There's a standard black pressing after all.
EDIT: Heh, the price just changed to $19.98 within the last few minutes.
Mixed opinion time:
A just-okay release for me.
I feel like they've been in the same space for the last few years. The last album that unique was Devotion.
I find them to be pleasant.
A just-okay release for me.
I feel like they've been in the same space for the last few years. The last album that unique was Devotion.
Fixed
I find them to be pleasant.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
i used to not like days of candy and then the back half hit me
i've listened to it (checks iTunes) 37 times in a row now
edible_candle
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Really digging the new album. I grabbed tickets to see them on the 21st in Milwaukee at the Pabst Theater - anyone else here going to that show?
I could never get into the first couple of Beach House albums outside a couple songs, and I would probably rate them both roughly 5 out of 10.
Teen Dream blew me away, however. I love that album and I would rate it a 9 out of 10.
Bloom was a great followup which I would say is a solid 8.
Depression Cherry, though... I've listened to it 3 times and it just isn't hitting me the way the last 2 albums did. Levitation, Beyond Love, 10:37 and Wildflower are good songs, but nothing stood out as great to me. I'd rate this album a 6.
Teen Dream blew me away, however. I love that album and I would rate it a 9 out of 10.
Bloom was a great followup which I would say is a solid 8.
Depression Cherry, though... I've listened to it 3 times and it just isn't hitting me the way the last 2 albums did. Levitation, Beyond Love, 10:37 and Wildflower are good songs, but nothing stood out as great to me. I'd rate this album a 6.
PassiveObserver
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Not dismissing your opinion but the main slide guitar riff on Space Song and the long outro on PPP were major earworms for me. Warrants a few more listens to see if those songs click for you.
Legrand said they were going back to their original sound. She didn't want the new popularity and the new people and bigger venues that came with that to dictate their music.
I'm glad they've gone to this route. They've crafted an amazing album because of it.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Those are my favorite parts of the album too.
Just wait until the back half of Days of Candy gets you the same way
goldsoundz
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Wasn't feeling this album at all until yesterday, and now I'm really liking it. When PPP was released as a single I hated it, but these instrumental verses in a lot of the songs are awesome. Really somber album, which should be just right when fall starts.
I'd go Teen Dream > Devotion > self-titled = Bloom > Depression Cherry
it's definitely their worst and is still good. Teen Dream and Bloom were huge and transportive after two claustrophobic and dreamy albums. Depression Cherry feels like them trying to shrink back down, a necessity after the climax that was "Irene", but they do so without recapturing their baroque weirdness. Low's new one is the better dream pop album
it's definitely their worst and is still good. Teen Dream and Bloom were huge and transportive after two claustrophobic and dreamy albums. Depression Cherry feels like them trying to shrink back down, a necessity after the climax that was "Irene", but they do so without recapturing their baroque weirdness. Low's new one is the better dream pop album
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