“Wherever you go, nobody is true. …”
Concluding Beach House’s Bloom is a pure relic from the 1990s: a hidden track. Read more
“It’s a strange paradise.”
Irene is nominally the final track on the Bloom album, and a climactic way to sort of end it. Read more
“One in your life. It happens once and rarely twice.”
Wishes is another clear highlight from Bloom, with an artful, eye-candy music video directed by comedian Eric Wareheim. I think I’m supposed to like this guy, Eric Wareheim, but I’m not sure from where. Read more
“Some day, out of the blue, it will find you.”
Troublemaker was probably my first favorite track from the Bloom album. There is usually a track on every great album that snares me first, and the others fall like domino in short order. On Bloom, that track was Troublemaker. Since I can’t seem to find any need-to-know factoids about the making of this particular track or any official video that may or may not have been filmed for it, I guess just relax and enjoy the music!
“Frightened eyes, looking back at me. Change your mind. Don’t leave without me.”
Beach House re-recorded The Hours live for their short film, Forever Still. I’m usually partial to the studio versions of songs, but I sure love to see the group in action, meddling drums notwithstanding. The film is a beaut, co-directed by the band and reknowned advertising and music video director Max Goldman for Pitchfork. After you check that out, listen to the studio version of The Hours below the fold. Read more
“Like no other, you can’t be replaced.”
Lazuli is the third track from Beach House’s Bloom. The official video was directed by Allen Cordell, who had previously directed the band’s awkward video for Walk in the Park. I much prefer to watch this video, Lazuli, due to it’s higher production quality and less emphasis on what I saw as empty shock value in the other. Read more
“And in a while, you start a smile.”
Wild is the second track on Beach House’s Bloom. It’s going to be pretty tough to pare Bloom down to just four or five songs. Most of the songs are fairly essential to the experience. Read more
“In between, it’s never as it seems. Help me to make it.”
The timing was just right for me to discover Beach House not too long before the release Bloom, their 2012 follow-up to Teen Dream. I don’t know if I listened to these songs more, or just more recently, but listening to this album last week I’ve found these songs to be a little more familiar to me than those on Teen Dream. Read more
