Haven't seen much worth quoting on this one in limited digging, but this one was a difficult one to pin for me. I think it's a really good album but it can be a challenge to figure out a proper end-of-year opinion due to extreme oversaturation. Oversaturation? See: girlfriend who plays each Beach House twice a day for two-months-plus upon release as well as working someplace with mandated playlists that mean this is not only played every single work shift for three months, but happily so, as it is easily the best/half-decent thing available to be required play.
Yeah, Teen Dream was killed to death in a background half-listened ever-present way for me, but I can still do my own repeated playing of at least one track, Real Love. I could probably rank this album off the strength of this track alone. I would also mention 10 Mile Stereo, Lover of Mine, and Zebra. I really don't know what to say about the album, but while their previous two rank much higher for me, I continue to hold this one in esteem in some way or other. I'm still not certain if I ranked this one properly, as the Arnalds might prove to hold more longevity for me and the Jefre Cantu-Ledesma definitely should have been in this top ten list (it suffered from an 11th hour (month?) release date), in any case, one of the memorable albums this year.
Sounds like: Girl fronted breathy, impassioned keyboard dream pop (non-ambient).
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Real Love is my favorite track too.
ReplyDeleteLovely write up.