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\"Beach<\/a>There\u2019s no doubt about it, Beach House is having one hell of a run, and Depression Cherry<\/i> (Sub Pop Records) continues the group\u2019s streak of hitting the target right in the tiny spot marked \u201cthe same, still good, just a little different.\u201d The expansion from Teen Dream<\/i> to Myth<\/i> was significant and sounded like a band letting their imaginations run wild (as wild as a slowcore\/dream-pop band gets). The change from Myth<\/i> to Depression Cherry<\/i> is probably best described as contraction. It\u2019s like an introvert waking up after a big night out and realizing she needs some alone time. If Phillip Glass wrote anxious love songs, they might sound like the album opener \u201cLevitation.\u201d After the organ changes settle in, the song spends five minutes accruing minuscule alterations, then spends the next minute reversing the effect through subtle subtractions. \u201cSparks\u201d lifts of with a hook reminiscent of Panda Bear then layers on the most grating guitar hook in Beach House\u2019s catalog. It\u2019s a pretty song underpinned with more than a little uneasiness. Most of the album follows this design: establishing a pretty pattern, then adding layers to kink it off-center. The only expansion here is the occasional experimenting with new sounds; about every other song features something new to the band\u2019s sonic glossary. Halfway through the record what\u2019s most surprising is how the band restrains themselves from altering the game plan. At times (hear \u201c10:37\u201d), the goal seems to be to do as little as possible while still getting the point across.<\/p>\n

Befitting an album called Depression Cherry<\/i>, there are a lot of lyrics about disappearing, hiding, drifting away, and building cities in your head. The opening seconds of \u201cBluebird\u201d sound just like subconscious construction. Of course, all these sad-sack notions find their foil in Victoria Legrand\u2019s tender, nearly whispered vocals. She\u2019s edgier and more alienating on other records, but this time around she sticks to invitations. This method is epitomized on \u201cDays of Candy.\u201d Not only is Legrand practically cooing \u201cthese days of candy live in your mind,\u201d she does so with a melody fit for a boarding school boy\u2019s choir (and the harmonies are there, too). This is what nostalgia sounds like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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