Description:	Double LP with DVD on Bella Union
	Format:	Double LP (vinyl)
	Genre(s):	Indie Pop
	Label:	Bella Union
	Price:	£32.39
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...according to our Brett on 22 January 2010.

This new Beach House album was a highlight of one of Clinton's recent lone missions into the office and he really wanted to review it but the promo CD went off to that ethereal parallel universe with the odd socks and Brian's house keys so it couldn't be done. I'll try to do justice to his love though I fear I might be doomed to failure 'cos it's a bit less my thing. Having said that, I was mighty impressed by 'Norway', the first single off the album, with its marriage of woozy shoegaze synth drones and yearning, emotive indie that falls somewhere between the poles of the 'rock' and 'pop' varieties. That one's still the standout to me but perhaps it's merely the most immediate and further listening will bring out the treasures hidden amongst the others? The more balladeering tracks certainly have that 'slow burner' feel. In all, Teen Dream gives the impression of a band completely at ease with themselves, doing what they do with an assured lightness of touch. The title sounds pretty apt to me as I think this really is music for dreamers. The CD comes in a foldy gatefold job with a bonus DVD and the LP I know nothing about 'cos it's not here yet.

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Sound clips for Teen Dream by Beach House: on vinyl at Norman Records UK. Double LP (vinyl), Bella Union, BELLAV225, £32.39.

What their label says...

TRACKLISTING:
 01. Zebra 02. Silver Soul 03. Norway 04. Walk in the Park 05. Used to Be 06. Lover of Mine 07. Better Times 08. 10 Mile Stereo 09. Real Love 10. Take Care
 
Limited CD features Bonus DVD and Special Packaging
                          
OVERVIEW:
BEACH HOUSE return in January 2010 with “Teen Dream”, their third - and first classic - album, on Bella Union records.
The Beach House you’re about to meet isn’t the same as the one you’ll remember from before. Lives have been shuffled, tangled and re-aligned. When Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally returned home to their hometown of Baltimore last winter, they were worn out from touring and travel. But deep inside them hot energies were incubating, ideas they had been whispering back and forth in the wake of their sophomore full-length, 2008’s “Devotion”. By spring they began handing themselves over completely to these impulses, holing themselves up and exchanging ideas in a new, secluded practice space for dangerously long periods of time. As the songs that would become “Teen Dream” began to live, breathe and take shape, the duo were compelled to leave much of their personal lives behind them. “We were forced to let go of people and things we were holding onto as individuals” Legrand muses. “We were dropped into a wilderness, but we had more clarity than we’ve ever had before”.
 
Still driven to avoid distraction, the two marched further into isolation, deciding to bottle all those wild visions away from home. They packed up their lives and settled into a converted church in upstate New York with producer Chris Coady. For a month they continued the birthing process, sweating and pushing out sounds inside a cocoon of their very own weaving.
“Teen Dream” is the sound of a band bursting at its creative seams. It is without question more expansive and moving than anything they have shared before. “Teen Dream” is released 25th January on Bella Union records. Beach House have recently signed to Sub Pop in the US.