Beach House - Teen Dream
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Feb 13, 2017 Sold Date
Jan 18, 2017 Start Date
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Artikel Name: Teen Dream
Genre: Pop englischsprachig Produkt Typ: LP (Vinyl) Label: PIAS COOP/BELLA UNION Titelanzahl: 20

Trackliste LP - 1

1. Beach House - Zebra 2. Beach House - Silver Soul 3. Beach House - Norway 4. Beach House - Walk in the Park 5. Beach House - Used to Be  

Trackliste LP - 2

6. Beach House - Lover of Mine 7. Beach House - Better Times 8. Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo 9. Beach House - Real Love 10. Beach House - Take Care  

Trackliste DVD - 3

11. Beach House - Zebra 12. Beach House - Silver Soul 13. Beach House - Norway 14. Beach House - Walk in the Park 15. Beach House - Used to Be 16. Beach House - Lover of Mine 17. Beach House - Better Times 18. Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo 19. Beach House - Real Love 20. Beach House - Take Care  

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Beschreibung

There wasn't much room for Beach House to improve on Devotion, so instead, the duo improved the room in which they made Teen Dream. Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally recorded their Sub Pop debut in a converted church with producer/engineer Chris Coady, who has also worked with TV on the Radio and Blonde Redhead. The same dark lushness echoes through this album as those bands' works, with a spaciousness that's more like a beach mansion than a mere house (and Teen Dream’s DVD of videos for each song adds to its lavishness). The slightly squalid sound quality of Beach House and Devotion had a unique charm, as if the band had to record those albums not just on the cheap, but in secret. On Teen Dream, however, the hugeness previously implied in Legrand's lyrics and luscious vocals is made real, like tuning Beach House in at their full frequency. The duo's mix of retro electronics and chiming guitars is still as dreamlike and distinctive as ever -- if anything, the tinny taps and hisses of their drum machine are even more present in Teen Dream's pristine settings, making the contrast between them and the molten slide guitars and rippling keyboards on “Norway” even more vivid. The songwriting is also more focused, using Devotion songs such as “You Came to Me” and “Heart of Chambers” as templates for the album's elegant longing. Like Teen Dream's title, these songs are wry and wise enough to know better about idealizing love, and romantic enough to still believe in it. “Zebra” positively swoons, while “Walk in the Park,” with its graceful coda and chorus lament “In a matter of time/it will slip from my mind/In and out of my life/you would slip from my mind,” makes losing sound beautiful, even if it's anything but a walk in the park. Despite the wintry sorrow that dominates Teen Dream and songs like “Used to Be” and “Better Times," in particular, Beach House lets a little hope into the album before it closes with “10 Mile Stereo” and “Real Love.” Though it's not as eclectic and whimsical as their earlier work, Teen Dream is some of their most beautiful music, and reaffirms that they're the among the best purveyors of languidly lovelorn songs since Mazzy Star. ~ Heather Phares

Heather Phares

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  • Artist: Beach House
  • Record Label: Bella Union


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