Beach House

Perfect

First heard Beach House a while ago being played in a pub here in Waterford Ireland and loved them.Bought all the records including above and they just are growing on me all the time!!Brilliant atmosphere-

Bought this as a birthday gift for my nephew totally loved it he's got all the other albums for this band

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loved this album

I've had this on my wish list (along with some of the other Beach House records) for some time. On paper, Beach House are a hopelessly fashionable prospect - an attractive female singer who is related to Michel Le Grand, coupled with an unruly-haired musician, throw in some lo-fi production and droning instruments what could possibly go wrong? Well after four-five listens I can state that I broadly like what I hear but there's something missing. As other reviewers have pointed out Ms Le Grand just doesn't appear to be that into the whole experience and as a consequence her lack of passion sort of spoils things.I desparately wanted to like this record - probably because I thought it'd help me become tragically hip once again. I will undoubtedly continue to listen to it over time and I may even buy some of their other recordings but I fear that I will continue to be an ageing and unfashionable curmudgeon. All in all an utter failure (for me that is).

After hearing one song on the radio I bought Devotion and Teen Dream - both of which deserve five stars. This one is not far off the the same standard, so if you like the others you may want this one to complete the set.The sound is distinctive - mostly some very "slidy" slide guitar over a layer of keyboards, with Victoria Legrand singing over the top. Dreamy, haunting, relaxing but without being background music.There is a "hidden" track which doesn't do anything for me. ( What is the point of hidden tracks? )

one of beach house's best, at a low price too