Bloom

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Bloom is the fourth studio album from Baltimore duo Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand who make up Beach House. The songs for the record were written during the downtime of touring 2010 release Teen Dream, when a collection of ideas were conceived on the road and during sound checks, before being fully formed in their Baltimore home. Bloom was recorded through the back end of 2011 at Sonic Ranch Studios, Texas, alongside Teen Dream co-producer Chris Coady (Gang Gang Dance, Zola Jesus, TV on the Radio) and first single 'Myth' swells gently around Legrand's vocals with familiar ease.,
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All Music Guide
Bloom is the fourth studio album from Baltimore duo Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand who make up Beach House. The songs for the record were written during the downtime of touring 2010 release Teen Dream, when a collection of ideas were conceived on the road and during sound checks, before being fully formed in their Baltimore home. Bloom was recorded through the back end of 2011 at Sonic Ranch Studios, Texas, alongside Teen Dream co-producer Chris Coady (Gang Gang Dance, Zola Jesus, TV on the Radio) and first single 'Myth' swells gently around Legrand's vocals with familiar ease.,
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 5/15/2012
  • Label: Sub Pop
  • UPC: 098787096521
  • Catalog Number: 70965
  • Sales rank: 23,276

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Myth (4:18)
  2. 2 Wild (4:58)
  3. 3 Lazuli (5:01)
  4. 4 Other People (4:24)
  5. 5 The Hours (4:11)
  6. 6 Troublemaker (4:55)
  7. 7 New Year (5:25)
  8. 8 Wishes (4:46)
  9. 9 On the Sea (5:32)
  10. 10 Irene (16:57)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Beach House Primary Artist
Joe Cueto Viola
Alex Scally Organ, Bass, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Group Member
Victoria Legrand Organ, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Group Member
Daniel Franz Percussion, Drums
Technical Credits
Chris Coady Producer, Engineer
Joe LaPorta Mastering
Brooks Harlan Engineer
Beach House Producer
Alex Scally Arranger, Composer
Victoria Legrand Arranger, Composer, Lyricist
Daniel Franz Programming
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  • Posted July 22, 2012

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    This album certainly has one of the most compelling covers I've

    This album certainly has one of the most compelling covers I've seen in a while. Then there's the music, which is also compelling. Beach House, which consists of singer Victoria LeGrand and multi-instrumentalist Alex Scally, create a dreamy kind of music that's part 1980's synth-music and part Shins-style indie pop. Although it sounds like they're working with Casiotones and drum machines most of the time, Beach House's album, "Bloom" has a grand sense of melancholy style that holds onto you. Granted, it's hard to tell what "Myth" and "Lazuli" are about. However, when LeGrand's airy vocals come forth in catchy tunes like "Other People" and the hypnotic closer, "Irene", it doesn't seem to matter (even if the lyric sheet on the CD is done backwards). While their subject matter is somewhat downbeat, Beach House's simple yet dense musings are surely welcome at a time when so much of today's pop music is overdone. And then, there's that cover...

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