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Recorded in upstate New York, in a converted church called Dreamland with producer/engineer Chris Coady (who has worked with TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blonde Redhead, and a bunch of others) Teen Dream is the third album from the Baltimore-based duo Beach House, and their Sub Pop debut. The new album gives voice to a full universe of unbridled imagination, and the manifestation of Teen Dream has been a welcomed and all-consuming obsession for Beach House the past 9-12 months. Teen Dream will be packaged with a companion DVD featuring a video for each song on the album, each by a different director.
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Reviews:
Album of my Dreams
I've been intimidated to even begin to analyze Teen Dream, let alone disect and injest it in a way I can put into words. In a sense, Teen Dream is a perfect album. This is not a delusional statement. This is a statment based upon months exposure, not knee-jerk reactions, honeymoon period statements, drunken elitism, and the like. The album is a modern masterpiece,
velvet and steel
Year's only half over; I don't care. This is the album of the year, hands or anything else down. Great minimalist dreampop, songwriting with just enough of the right kinds of hooks, pretty good lyrics all the way through, and--that fantastic voice. Victoria Legrand's voice has warmth and spine at the same time, a classic velvet-gloved steel weapon. She's got a bit of that heavy French female contralto thing working, quite in contrast to the wispy, thin voices of girls who usually sing dreampop. This is the secret of Beach House, the dialectic that really drives this band: dreamy songs (and instrumentation), but with a physically (and emotionally) rugged singer. The choice of producer Chris Coady seems inspired; he took the band's sound from its first two albums (already very good)and refined it somewhat, giving it just a bit more edge here. Indiepop--whatever that is exactly--has a new classic
My Perfect Dream
These songs have managed to stay with me since my very first listen. I could listen to this record for hours and hours. This is my favorite album of the summer so far and I can't wait to see them live.
Dreamy perfection
Full disclosure, I was never a big Beach House fan before listening to Teen Dream. That's changed. This is easily going to be one of the best albums of 2010 for me, if not the decade to come. Every single song is good and gets better with repeat listens (I'm at 50 and counting). This is a sleepy stunner that I would recommend to fans of almost any type of rock or pop music. The 3-song arc of "Better Times," "10 Mile Stereo," and "Real Love" is as strong as any in my music collection.
A Far Cry from the Brilliance found on 'Devotion'
Teen Dream is a considerable departure in sound and songwriting from Devotion. Beach House now has a pop/dream-pop sound, whereas Devotion was clearly influenced by classic rock sounds and song structures. Out are the electric guitar leads and in is a synth-pop sound. In France, they call this music "lollipop," sweet but without substance. So if you're like me and like your music to be dark, then go listen to Devotion again, and check out Tara Jane O'Neil's "A Ways Away."
