Artist – Album: Beach House - Devotion
Released: 26th
February 2008
Sounds Like: Ethereal angels
A few
years ago Beach House played at Manchester Cathedral, a gig that I still kick
myself for not managing to get to (which has ruined my ankles and made me 75% less awesome at football). I can hardly think of a better pairing of
artist and venue. The band's atmospheric, late-night music must've been
wonderfully complemented by the cavernous, grand, divine interior of the large
temple.
Continuing along the church theme (cracking segue there
Joe) Devotion, Beach House’s second album, kicks off with ‘Wedding Bell’.
For all that their signature sound is gossamer dream pop, this starter is
actually much more straightforward; delicate, indie-folk festooned with sliding
guitars and girly vocals. It’s a wonderful example of the way that Beach House
have expanded (being very much a relative term) on the style of their first
album.
If
you want more of the same, try the brilliant, chiming ‘Gila’ or ‘Turtle Island’. But if
you’d prefer a few interesting flecks on the otherwise uniform shiny surface,
you’ve got other options here too. Before the respectful cover of Daniel Johnstone’s
‘Something’s Last a Long Time’, ‘All These Years’ and ‘Heart of Chambers’ represent some of the most lively
tunes in the group’s canon, and they’re just as good as their more standard
stuff. Heavenly, angelic music.
Albumaday... rating:
8/10
1. Wedding
Bell – 3:55
2. You
Came to Me – 4:05
3. Gila
– 4:46
4. Turtle
Island – 4:00
5. Holy
Dances – 4:19
6. All
the Years – 3:36
7. Heart
of Chambers – 4:25
8. Some
Things Last a Long Time – 2:32
9. Astronaut
– 5:05
10. D.A.R.L.I.N.G.
– 3:18
11. Home
Again – 4:09
Listen to ‘Wedding
Bell’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JqYVukDpqI
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Also released on the 26th February:
2002: Norah Jones – Come Away With Me
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Also released on the 26th February:
2007: Patrick Wolf – The Magic Position
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