Photos at Beach House at House of Blues in Houston, TX on October 1st, 2015
Photos at Beach House at 2013 FYF Fest in Los Angeles, CA
QRO’s review of Beach House at The Tivoli in Brisbane, QLD, Australia on January 13th, 2013
Photos at Stubb’s in Austin, TX on September 20th, 2012
Photos at Bijou Theatre in Knoxville, TN on September 14th, 2012
Photos at 2012 Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, Spain
Photos at 2011 All Tomorrow’s Parties at Alexandra Palace in London, U.K.
Photos at 2011 Sasquatch! Music Festival in George, WA
Review at Hard Rock Live in Orlando, FL on October 11th, 2010
Photos at 2010 Haldern Pop Festival in Rees-Haldern, Germany
With 2012’s Bloom (QRO review), Baltimore dream-pop duo Beach House truly did bloom, as part of this decade’s airy electronica wave, without being defined by it. Yet true artists are never satisfied, and after not being happy with their drum machine for touring, Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally have shifted to simpler beauty with Depression Cherry.
Bright, soft, and airy, lead-off track “Levitation” truly says it all, levitating one up into the skies, as do other appropriately named pieces like “Space Song” and “Bluebird”. The lack of percussion can lead to simpler synths, such as on “Wildflower”, but can also seriously enchant – see the preceding “PPP”.
After Bloom, Depression Cherry isn’t the breakthrough that was, and might get a little lost with Beach House surprising folks with a second 2015 release, Thank Your Luck Stars. But it is beautiful.
Beach House – Levitation
