Beach House

January 13, 2008 | Filed Under Music

I’m in love with this new Beach House album. Their sound remains closer to Winter wonderland than Summer day at the beach, but this new one is a little less chilly by comparison. It’s built from the same materials as their excellent debut: woozy organs, reverbed guitar twang, and lovely female vocals. But there is a refinement of that sound on display here. I can’t quite put my finger on it.

Victoria Legrand (vocals, organs) has definitely gotten a little more confident. Her ability to craft a vocal hook from a one-word chorus, for example, is just magic. Also I think they’ve just become better song writers. Whatever it is, it’s working for me. Though it’s too early to say, I think it will easily make into my favorite records of 2008.

From the Carpark site:

Feeling lonely tonight? Turn off the TV and lower the lights. Baltimore duo Beach House have returned with their sophomore full length entitled Devotion. Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand have written eleven delicate pop tunes about love, feeling, and, of course, devotion. Their new album is a surefire antidote to the winter blues.

Here’s one of my favorites from Devotion (due out Feburary 26th on Carpark), “Holy Dances”

~~Beach House: “Holy Dances”~~