BEACH HOUSE
Teen Dream
Anyone from the outside looking in is going to say that Beach House’s third album Teen Dream sounds exactly like their first two. Haters gonna hate. The Baltimore duo have limited means for their live show (an organ, one Strat, a drum machine, and Victoria Legrand’s kickass voice) but they do wonders to create heartbreaking maxims that don’t get worn out in the song’s length of three to six minutes. The chorus of “Walk in the Park” wilts quite nicely: “In a matter of time / It will slip from my mind / In and out of my life / You would slip from my mind / In a matter of time.” Beach House are still making swaying songs with revelations about relationships that are as full of hope as they are of concessions. These songs are mature, lacking a naïve charm to be the thoughts of teenagers, but again, haters gonna hate. (Sub Pop, www.beachhousebaltimore.com) Taylor Burgess
Winnipeg music & culture since 1989