Latest Release
- APR 28, 2023
- 5 Songs
- Depression Cherry · 2015
- Beach House · 2006
- Teen Dream (Bonus Track Version) · 2010
- 7 · 2018
- Bloom · 2012
- Devotion · 2008
- Bloom · 2012
- 7 · 2018
- Teen Dream (Bonus Track Version) · 2010
- Teen Dream (Bonus Track Version) · 2010
Essential Albums
- After two albums of harmony-heavy dream pop, Beach House continued its dazzling evolution with 2010‘s Teen Dream, which we named Best Alternative Album in iTunes Rewind. The ethereal, hypnotizing melodies are as gorgeous as ever on the duo’s forthcoming Bloom. From the jump, a sinewy guitar melody gets blanketed by blissful atmospheric mist on “Myth.” While Teen Dream introduced more complexity (which is echoed on the weightless, organic melodies floating from composition like “Troublemaker”), Bloom’s “On the Sea” proves that Beach House can also drop our jaws (and give us chills) with stripped-down, piano-driven journeys.
- Beach House’s majesty reaches full flower on Teen Dream, the band’s third album. Fusing the layered sound of ’90s shoegaze, the passions of ’50s doo-wop, Rolling Stones-style ballads, and just a touch of lullaby, the Baltimore duo forge a style that’s beautiful but tough, mysterious but open. Against the LP’s soft-focus songs, Victoria Legrand’s voice sounds warm and husky. The overall effect is hypnotic, making for a collection that (ever so gently) demands repeated listens.
Albums
- 2022
- 2018
- 2015
- 2012
- 2008
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022
Artist Playlists
- See why the dream-pop duo is one of today's key indie bands.
- Brooding indie rockers put under the duo's reverb-rich spell.
- Indie rock's most ethereal dream weavers.
Singles & EPs
- 2023
- 2018
- 2010
Compilations
- 2017
More To Hear
- The band break down the chapters of their new album.
- The Baltimore duo present a takeover of the Untitled Playlist.
- The Baltimore MC and producer in conversation.
- How the Seattle indie label created three decades of noise.
- How the Seattle indie label created three decades of noise.
- Jehnny Beth plays Chastity, Big Red Machine, and Beach House.
- Beach House, HAIM and Superorganism speak from Primavera.
About Beach House
An immaculate combination of gauzy atmospheres, simple pop melodies, and Victoria Legrand’s velvet-smooth vocals helped Beach House define the sound of 21st-century dream pop. The Paris-born Legrand and her bandmate Alex Scally met in 2004 in Baltimore, and the ease at which they fell into their sonic collaboration led her to refer to Scally as her “musical soulmate.” In 2006, they landed “Apple Orchard”—a swooping, melancholy track dense with organ—on a digital Pitchfork mixtape, setting up a warm reception for their debut self-titled album, released shortly after. Beach House was a blossoming mix of gentle shoegaze and soft psychedelia with melodies that floated hazily above glowing, simple instrumentation. Devotion—with fuller arrangements and more complex hooks—followed in 2008, and the duo signed to Sub Pop shortly after. With Teen Dream, they refined their sound further, opting for slightly wilder dynamics, like the splashy crescendo of “Zebra” or the soaring “Take Care.” Despite consistent experimentation with form and approach—2015’s “Space Song” offered a daze of galactic bedroom pop, and their 2018 album 7 embraced darker tones and a vibe more blissed-out than ever before—Beach House have been nothing if not consistently hypnotic and perpetually transportive over their career.
- ORIGIN
- Baltimore, MD, United States
- FORMED
- 2004
- GENRE
- Alternative