Teen Dream

Pleasant, but fairly unremarkable indie pop. Inoffensive, but uninspiring. I did find the interesting modulations on “Norway” to be pretty interesting, and the first track was a promising start, but I ultimately found this to be a fairly run-of-the-mill album. Not sure that I would include it on this list, especially when other great contemporaries are absent (“For Emma, Forever Ago” or “Modern Vampires of the City” come to mind as more consequential and inventive albums from around the same time).

I’ve been vacillating between 2 or 3 stars, and think I’ll settle on 3 as I can see this being an album I put on when I want to calm myself, so that’s worth something.

It's nice enough. Chilled, inoffensive, and not too engaging.

This is ok, I guess. I'm not super excited by it though

Aika vähän kiinnostavaa kitarapoppista. 2/5

Nice not crucial

Good album for background music

I remember when this came out, it received a lot of accolades so I checked it out. I did not care for it at the time. this is a testament to giving things another go. I thought this album was just not for me, turns out I just wasn’t ready for it back then. This album was fantastic! I will definitely be returning to it.

The music reflects the album cover. Plain.

This was pretty boring. Parts weren't bad, but I just couldn't get into it. 2/5

majestic and powerful

Absolutely gorgeous album. This is the one that got me into Beach House. Unfortunately, they were the absolute worst live band I have ever seen. That's definitely colored my perception of them unfortunately. In spite of that, I still really appreciate this album.

Off the bat I already dig this sound, Zebra is beautiful. A chill dreamy sound. 1.5 tracks in, I'm already leaning 4*. A cozy album, makes me think of summers in the PNW.

This is my first time hearing about Beach House. They are a dream pop/indie pop group from Baltimore. This is their third studio album.

The first thing I noticed was the shitty album cover. At first I thought that the album generator website was having issues drawing the album cover image, then realized there was something there....zebra stripes in an eggshell color over a white background....wtf. Negative points for the unoriginal, bland album cover.

Moving on to the music, this screams 2010's. This was a time when everyone was doing the "dream pop" thing. This sounds like bands such as Fleet Foxes or Hozier without the folk sound, and more of a bland pop sound. The lyrics are heavy with reverb and sound like they were recorded in a church or a large empty space. The harmonies reached by the male and female voices are beautiful. There is so much harmony and reverb though, that the lyrics get buried by layers of echo, making it hard to understand. It doesn't matter though, because the lyrics are just nonsense. Couple this with the organ/guitar work, and you are left with a coffee house staple. Kind of bland background music. I find myself constantly loosing focus while listening to this record. Hipsters would love this music, hence its success. One song blends into another, and all of a sudden I've been daydreaming through 3 songs. I go back and try to focus, but again, I drift off. I don't know if it is the ethereal nature of this record, but it is super hard to digest. It isn't necessarily bad, it's just super bland. This pairs well with the bland album cover. This album is perfectly beige.

Overall, not bad. I probably won't listen again, but I didn't hate it. It's going to be hard to highlight the best and worst songs from this one because everything blended together.

Favorite songs: Silver Soul, Norway, Zebra, 10 Mile Stereo

Least favorite songs: Real Love, Walk in the Park

2/5 (would have been 3 but what a dumb album cover. -1 for that)

Eén ding. Dit is niet iets waar tieners over dromen. Het is een verschrikkelijke zemel-plaat.

It's very pretty, but it's not something I loved. It's fine.

Only heard a couple of beach house songs never given this album a full listen before. This is really good love the dream pop vibes, will be added to my rotation.

This kind of music seems to be in a no-man's land between classic and modern. At the time of writing, it's cringeworthy heartfelt saccharine pop-folk without a hint of irony or authenticity.

Never heard of them before this, never will again. Pish, which should never be in this list, or in end of year top album lists. Not one song I liked, or would be happy to hear again. Rubbish

Its that laid back alt sound. I like how Norway opens up. Meh.

Very pretty and moody. I like it but got a bit bored as it went on.