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Once Twice Melody

Beach House

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Beach House's ambient dream pop has never lacked for scale, but the duo's eighth album is a whole other level of ambitious. Clocking in at more than 80 minutes and with 18 songs, it was originally released in "chapters" over several months. It's also the first time the band has used a live string ensemble, which dramatically ups the cinematic quality, which on the grouping that is chapter one (tracks one through four) means the feel of a gauzy French new wave film that never quite comes into focus. Guitarist Alex Scally has described it as the "most metaphysical chapter," and there's a rumbling, outerspace quality to "Superstar," which singer Victoria Legrand has called a "cosmic love song." The title track comes on like Stereolab on ice. "Pink Funeral" is big and beautiful, with its nervous strings, stuttering percussion and scene-setting lyrics: "Swans on a starry lake/ Hearts that were made to break/ Tears through a white lace veil/ Pink funeral." Legrand's own vocal echo is like a shadow haunting herself, while a harp glissando offers a flash of bright light. Chapter two (tracks five through eight) moves from outer space down to the clouds, with the melody of "New Romance" sounding like a slide right through the fluffiest of cumulus. The synth on lovely "Runaway" creates a vibration effect that's almost disorienting, Legrand's voice bulked up in robotic layers as she sings, "My little runaway ... Are you sliding down the tops of cars/ Your hair melting into silver stars?" And "ESP" is a mind-bender, worth turning all the way up to catch all the weirdness going on—buried drums that sound like they would be monstrous if any closer, static fuzz tuned in from some faraway source, gorgeous strings. Moving forward, things become even more earthbound: the racing rock drums on upbeat (for Beach House, at least) "Only You Know," the warm and gentle acoustic guitar of "Sunset," the beautiful Elliott Smith-like melody of "Another Go Around." There are shades of the Shangri-Las on the simple but regal "Finale," and Karen Carpenter on "The Bells." It's the perfect music for shopping at Anthropologie, and there is nothing wrong with that. © Shelly Ridenour/Qobuz

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1
Once Twice Melody
00:04:44

David Campbell, Arranger - Trevor Spencer, Engineer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer - Victoria Legrand, Composer, Lyricist - Beach House, Composer, Producer, Arranger, MainArtist - Alex Scally, Composer, Lyricist - Travis Warner, Engineer - Gabe Burch, Engineer

© 2022 Sub Pop Records ℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records

2
Superstar
00:06:08

David Campbell, Arranger - Trevor Spencer, Engineer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer - Victoria Legrand, Composer, Lyricist - Beach House, Composer, Producer, Arranger, MainArtist - Alex Scally, Composer - Travis Warner, Engineer - Gabe Burch, Engineer - Nick Tveitbakk, Engineer

© 2022 Sub Pop Records ℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records

3
Pink Funeral
00:04:56

David Campbell, Arranger - Trevor Spencer, Engineer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer - Victoria Legrand, Composer, Lyricist - Beach House, Composer, Producer, Arranger, MainArtist - Alex Scally, Composer, Lyricist - Travis Warner, Engineer - Gabe Burch, Engineer

© 2022 Sub Pop Records ℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records

4
Through Me
00:05:48

David Campbell, Arranger - Trevor Spencer, Engineer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer - Victoria Legrand, Composer, Lyricist - Beach House, Composer, Producer, Arranger, MainArtist - Alex Scally, Composer, Lyricist - Travis Warner, Engineer - Gabe Burch, Engineer - Nick Tveitbakk, Engineer

© 2022 Sub Pop Records ℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records

DISC 2

1
Runaway
00:04:23

Trevor Spencer, Mixer, Engineer - Victoria Legrand, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Beach House, Composer, MainArtist - Alex Scally, Composer, Lyricist, Producer

© 2022 Sub Pop Records ℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records

2
ESP
00:03:48

David Campbell, Arranger - Trevor Spencer, Engineer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer - Victoria Legrand, Composer, Lyricist - Beach House, Composer, Producer, Arranger, MainArtist - Alex Scally, Composer, Lyricist - Travis Warner, Engineer - Gabe Burch, Engineer

© 2022 Sub Pop Records ℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records

3
New Romance
00:04:12

Trevor Spencer, Engineer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer - Victoria Legrand, Composer, Lyricist - Beach House, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Alex Scally, Composer, Lyricist

© 2022 Sub Pop Records ℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records

4
Over and Over
00:07:11

Trevor Spencer, Engineer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer - Victoria Legrand, Composer, Lyricist - Beach House, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Alex Scally, Composer, Lyricist

© 2022 Sub Pop Records ℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records

DISC 3

1
Sunset
00:03:59

David Campbell, Arranger - Trevor Spencer, Engineer - Victoria Legrand, Composer, Lyricist - Beach House, Composer, Producer, Arranger, MainArtist - Alex Scally, Composer, Lyricist - Caesar Edmunds, Mixer - Travis Warner, Engineer - Gabe Burch, Engineer

© 2022 Sub Pop Records ℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records

2
Only You Know
00:04:49

Trevor Spencer, Engineer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer - Victoria Legrand, Composer, Lyricist - Beach House, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Alex Scally, Composer, Lyricist - Nick Tveitbakk, Engineer

© 2022 Sub Pop Records ℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records

3
Another Go Around
00:03:41

Trevor Spencer, Mixer, Engineer - Victoria Legrand, Composer, Lyricist - Beach House, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Alex Scally, Composer, Lyricist

© 2022 Sub Pop Records ℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records

4
Masquerade
00:04:42

Trevor Spencer, Engineer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer - Victoria Legrand, Composer, Lyricist - Beach House, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Alex Scally, Composer, Lyricist - Nick Tveitbakk, Engineer

© 2022 Sub Pop Records ℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records

5
Illusion of Forever
00:03:49

David Campbell, Arranger - Trevor Spencer, Engineer - Victoria Legrand, Composer, Lyricist - Beach House, Composer, Producer, Arranger, MainArtist - Alex Scally, Composer, Lyricist - Caesar Edmunds, Mixer - Travis Warner, Engineer - Gabe Burch, Engineer - Nick Tveitbakk, Engineer

© 2022 Sub Pop Records ℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records

DISC 4

1
Finale
00:04:34

Trevor Spencer, Engineer - Dave Fridmann, Mixer - Victoria Legrand, Composer, Lyricist - Beach House, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Alex Scally, Composer, Lyricist - Nick Tveitbakk, Engineer

© 2022 Sub Pop Records ℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records

2
The Bells
00:04:30

Trevor Spencer, Engineer - Victoria Legrand, Composer, Lyricist - Beach House, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Alex Scally, Composer, Lyricist - Caesar Edmunds, Mixer

© 2022 Sub Pop Records ℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records

3
Hurts to Love
00:04:05

Trevor Spencer, Engineer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer - Victoria Legrand, Composer, Lyricist - Beach House, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Alex Scally, Composer, Lyricist

© 2022 Sub Pop Records ℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records

4
Many Nights
00:04:16

Trevor Spencer, Engineer - Victoria Legrand, Composer, Lyricist - Beach House, Composer, Producer, Arranger, MainArtist - Alex Scally, Composer, Lyricist - Caesar Edmunds, Mixer

© 2022 Sub Pop Records ℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records

5
Modern Love Stories
00:04:53

David Campbell, Arranger - Trevor Spencer, Engineer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer - Victoria Legrand, Composer, Lyricist - Beach House, Composer, Producer, Arranger, MainArtist - Alex Scally, Composer, Lyricist - Travis Warner, Engineer - Gabe Burch, Engineer - Nick Tveitbakk, Engineer

© 2022 Sub Pop Records ℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records

Album review

Beach House's ambient dream pop has never lacked for scale, but the duo's eighth album is a whole other level of ambitious. Clocking in at more than 80 minutes and with 18 songs, it was originally released in "chapters" over several months. It's also the first time the band has used a live string ensemble, which dramatically ups the cinematic quality, which on the grouping that is chapter one (tracks one through four) means the feel of a gauzy French new wave film that never quite comes into focus. Guitarist Alex Scally has described it as the "most metaphysical chapter," and there's a rumbling, outerspace quality to "Superstar," which singer Victoria Legrand has called a "cosmic love song." The title track comes on like Stereolab on ice. "Pink Funeral" is big and beautiful, with its nervous strings, stuttering percussion and scene-setting lyrics: "Swans on a starry lake/ Hearts that were made to break/ Tears through a white lace veil/ Pink funeral." Legrand's own vocal echo is like a shadow haunting herself, while a harp glissando offers a flash of bright light. Chapter two (tracks five through eight) moves from outer space down to the clouds, with the melody of "New Romance" sounding like a slide right through the fluffiest of cumulus. The synth on lovely "Runaway" creates a vibration effect that's almost disorienting, Legrand's voice bulked up in robotic layers as she sings, "My little runaway ... Are you sliding down the tops of cars/ Your hair melting into silver stars?" And "ESP" is a mind-bender, worth turning all the way up to catch all the weirdness going on—buried drums that sound like they would be monstrous if any closer, static fuzz tuned in from some faraway source, gorgeous strings. Moving forward, things become even more earthbound: the racing rock drums on upbeat (for Beach House, at least) "Only You Know," the warm and gentle acoustic guitar of "Sunset," the beautiful Elliott Smith-like melody of "Another Go Around." There are shades of the Shangri-Las on the simple but regal "Finale," and Karen Carpenter on "The Bells." It's the perfect music for shopping at Anthropologie, and there is nothing wrong with that. © Shelly Ridenour/Qobuz

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