Beach House

with guests:
Dustin Wong

artist web site

Beach House is Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand and "Bloom" is the band's fourth full-length album. Like their previous releases ("Beach House" in 2006, "Devotion" in 2008, "Teen Dream" in 2010), it further develops their distinctive sound yet stands apart as a new piece of work.

The landscape of "Bloom" was largely designed on the road, between the countless sound checks and myriad experiences during two years of tour. Throughout this period, melodies, chords, rhythms, words, and textures surfaced in moments of their own choosing. These spontaneous ideas were later gathered and developed in Baltimore, Maryland where the band lives and works. "Bloom" is meant to be experienced as an album. It offers a singular, unified vision of the world. As a complete work, "Bloom" transcends the banality of simple emotions and arrives at a realm of honesty and complexity. It soberly reveals how frightening and temporary, yet beautiful, our existence is. It creates an honest reflection of death, as it must to relate to life.