Comparisons with DC are inevitable with a such a short span between release dates If you are willing to drop the security blanket of DC, the spikes of sonic and literal highs of TYLS will more than repay you. Where as the opening and closer of DC, 'Levitation' and 'Days of Candy' act as euphoric spiritual book ends, compare the gentle exuberance of 'Majorette' to the heavy hearted, almost Lynch like closer, 'Somewhere Tonight'. 'Lovelier Girl' is now 'Common Girl', essentially reframing the riff of 'On the Sea', not into the growing swirl lifted from Bloom, but into something far more restrained, almost inward looking. Though 'Majorette' soon unfolds into the swirling, twinkling, snow-globe beauty for which Beach House are well-known - some might say too well-known - the moment captures the tiny yet notable ways Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally tinker with their sound on their second release. The tenuous threads in the narrative ( who is she in question ?) and the raw guitar grind on stand out tracks, One Thing, Elegy to the Void and The Traveller ( surely a career highlight ) are not the vapor apparitions of DC, but the surprise of a palpable 'Space Song' has been replaced by 'Rough Song'. It's a small, but significant, detail that live drums are the first thing listeners hear on Thank Your Lucky Stars. Whereas DC floated like a celestial hovercraft, this space ship has most definitely crashed on earth. Whereas DC floated like a celestial hovercraft, this space ship has The music and emotional breadth and depth of TYLS is utterly mesmerising. The dreamy-pop of Thank Your Lucky Stars offers us an atypical minimalism, a real point of departure for the band, but the record remains just as captivating as its predecessor.The music and emotional breadth and depth of TYLS is utterly mesmerising. It serves as a return to the duo’s early years… There is present the sublime melancholy that we have come to love in the voice of Victoria Legrand (the niece of Michel), and in the harmonies of Alex Scally, which seem much more intimate here than on Depression Cherry. On first listen, one finds as strong a collection of songs as any disc in the Beach House catalogue, but the sound is much more lo-fi, and much less ample. We wanted those to be heard first by listeners, before this new record’. All of the songs were written after those on Depression Cherry. Majorette begins the album with a few rattles of the drum kit, followed by a swollen wave of velvety keyboard and. We’ve barely had time to taste, appreciate, and digest the wonderful Depression Cherry, and we find that Beach House have released another new album! There were only fifty days between these two records! Thank Your Lucky Stars, the sixth album from the Baltimore duo, was recorded alongside Depression Cherry, but, as they put it themselves, ‘for us it is a very different album. Thank Your Lucky Stars is hypnotic head trip music of the highest caliber. See more Your browser does not support the audio element. The dreamy-pop of Thank Your Lucky Stars offers us an atypical minimalism, a real point of departure for the band, but the record remains just as captivating as its predecessor. © MD/Qobuz More info On first listen, one finds as strong a collection of songs as any disc in the Beach House catalogue, but the sound is much more lo-fi, and much less ample. Suprise release Thank Your Lucky Stars is Beach Houses second full-length in as many months. We’ve barely had time to taste, appreciate, and digest the wonderful Depression Cherry, and we find that Beach House have released another new album! There were only fifty days between these two records! Thank Your Lucky Stars, the sixth album from the Baltimore duo, was recorded alongside Depression Cherry, but, as they put it themselves, ‘for us it is a very different album. Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
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