Beach House unveil a dreamy new jam from their beautiful, long-awaited new album Depression Cherry: with its distorted, cascading washes of shoegaze guitar, "Sparks" isn't necessarily the most indicative of the whole record and the band's promised "return to simplicity" -- a promise on which they deliver gloriously, by the way -- but it feels like the perfect choice for the al
"In general, this record shows a return to simplicity, with songs structured around a melody and a few instruments, with live drums playing a far lesser role. With the growing success of Teen Dream and Bloom, the larger stages and bigger rooms naturally drove us towards a louder, more aggressive place; a place farther from our natural tendencies. Here, we continue to let ourselves evolve whil
Hear a weightless, twinkling new track from Beach House, taken from Space Project, a compilation featuring tracks "built around recordings made in space by the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 space probes." Listen at NPR.
Forest Family alums Keep Shelly in Athens unveil another lovely balearic-tinged pop dream from their forthcoming debut LP, and it's a lush, swooning example of the kind of hopeful melancholy that they've always done so well. At Home is out September 17 on Cascine. KSiA heads back over to the States this fall for a co-headlining tour with Chad Valley; check those dates after the jump...
"Beach House, Ray Wise, fireworks, and horses. How can I go wrong? This is the first project that I've ever collaborated creatively with the band. Victoria's imagery inspired me to create this special half time show. It also helps that Beach House is literally on my top 5 list of bands, ever...
"Forever Still is directly inspired by Pink Floyd’s Live at Pompeii. We wanted to perform in a non-typical setting without losing the spirit of our music. We felt the songs would resonate in a more majestic and spiritual landscape. The experience was an intense three nights of filming...
New "home video thing" from Beach House, made up of footage from their Bloom recording sessions at Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, TX. Look for Beach House's Forever Still short film some time early this year.