Beach House

Beach House | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 3, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Carpark Records
• ASIN: B000I0QKN8
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,084 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars haunting, beautiful music, June 28, 2007

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Joseph Broze (chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beach House (Audio CD)

I don't know if this band really sounds like Mazzy Star or Slowdive...but they are certainly influenced by them. I saw them at Emo's in Austin and the Subterranean in Chicago and I was floored by their live performace (despite the amazing amount of douchebags that feel the need to chit-chat while bands are playing...go to a bar where bands aren't playing you mongoloids!!!).

This CD is very, very, very good. There are all sorts of influences...maybe a little shoegaze, Magnetic Fields, aforementioned bands, and whatever else. I am not sure what else to say. "Tokyo Witch" is one of the best songs I have heard in the past couple years. I am very excited to see them for a third time in one year at the Pitchfork festival this summer. Folks...listen to the songs on the band's myspace site and if you dig them: buy the CD. It really grows on you. Solid music here, I hope they do another album.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars buy this album, January 9, 2007

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Jason L. Stankowski (CT, usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beach House (Audio CD)

...I did, because I read that Beach House is like a better Mazzy Star. (In my opinion they're not better, just similar.) Upon hearing BH, I fell in deep. An evening spent with this album and a flickering candle is an event. "Apple Orchard" is about as beautiful as any song I've ever heard sung.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's ok if you want to sing along..., November 12, 2007

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superinkygrrl "fixating daily so you don't ha... (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beach House (Audio CD)

Beach House is one of those bands that didn't grab me right away. It's been over a year since their album came out and I'm just now getting excited over it. I even saw these guys live last year and even then they didn't catch my attention. But that's exactly why I've grown to love this album so much over the last few months.

This album is unpretentious and quiet; it doesn't try to smack you over the head. There is a somewhat deceptive, childlike simplicity to the rhythms (sounds like they pulled them right off the portable casio) that threw me off guard at first, which probably explains why it took so long for them to get under my skin. Then, seemingly all of the sudden, I found myself singing along and wondering why the album was so short and why hadn't I been listening to this band non-stop for the last 12 months?

The standout track for me is "Heart and Lungs". It's an unusual structure for a song: one verse, one chorus, some oohs and ahhs and then it's done... almost... I won't give away the ending; suffice to say, it's worth the wait.

Beach House is not recommended for those who like Top 40. Side effects may include uncontrolled singing along and head swaying.