Videos : Beach House : New Year
Videos : Beach House : New Year
Who Is Beach House?
Beach House is a dream pop duo from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2004. The band consists of French-born Victoria Legrand and Baltimore native Alex Scally. The group's self-titled debut, Beach House (2006), was critically acclaimed. This was followed by its second release, Devotion, in 2008. The band released its third studio album, Teen Dream in January 2010, to critical acclaim and commercial success. Their fourth album, Bloom, was released in 2012 and garnered positive feedback.
The band formed in 2004, composed of Alex Scally, who plays the guitar and keyboard, and Victoria Legrand, who sings and plays the organ. Beach House began as a recording project, thus, its music favored simplicity. The band's music consisted largely of the organ, programmed drums, and the slide guitar. Said Legrand to Pitchfork Media, "It's a way to challenge ourselves: What do you do when it's just the two of you?". Scally affirmed, "One of the reasons this has been such a fulfilling experience for me is that with two people, it's so much easier to achieve things that feel exciting and new."
The song "Apple Orchard" was featured on a Pitchfork Media MP3 mixtape in August 2006. In October 2006 the band's self-titled debut album, Beach House, was released through Carpark Records. That year, Pitchfork Media ranked it 16th on its Best Albums list.
The band has toured extensively. In March 2009, the band was featured at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.
In April 2010, the band performed at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California. In June 2010, the band surmounted "technical difficulties due to too much MDMA" while playing a set on The Park Stage at Glastonbury. In August 2010, the band joined Vampire Weekend on tour as one of their two opening acts, the other being the Dum Dum Girls. In October 2010, Beach House played at the Austin City Limits Music Festival. On December 20, 2010 the band performed on Conan.
The band was chosen by Animal Collective to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival they curated in May 2011, and also by Portishead to perform at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival that they curated in July 2011 at London's Alexandra Palace. On May 29, 2011 the band played at the Sasquatch! Music Festival. On July 31, 2011 the band played at the Fuji Rock music festival in Niigata, Japan. On October 16, 2011, the band played at the Treasure Island Music Festival. On May 18, 2012, they appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman and on Sunday July 15, 2012, they performed the closing set on the Red Stage during the Pitchfork Music Festival.
In May 2012, the band appeared on Later... with Jools Holland playing "Myth" and "Lazuli" from their 2012 album, Bloom. On July 26, 2012 they performed the Bloom cuts "Wild" and "Wishes" on The Jimmy Fallon Show.
New Year Review
The seasonally appropriate track is taken from the duo's fourth album 'Bloom', which came out last May (2012) and became their highest-charting effort yet, peaking at Number Seven in the US and Number 15 in the UK.
The 'New Year' video features time lapse footage from the recording sessions for the album, which took place at the Sonic Ranch studio in Tornillo, Texas during 2011. Fans of cats are unlikely to be disappointed with what they see.
Explaining the concept behind the 'New Year' clip, Beach House posted on YouTube: "It's more of a home video thing, not a music video... we just thought these moments and the memories they involve fit this song."
Beach House began a tour of Australia on January 3 and return to the UK for a pair of London dates in the spring. The duo will headline at the Shepherd's Bush Empire venue on March 26 and 27.
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