7

by Beach House

7 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 May 2018
  • Label: Sub Pop
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 47:04
  • Community rating: 4.2/5 from 32 ratings

Artists on this release: James Barone, Alex Scally, Victoria Legrand

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On their seventh album '7', Beach House pivoted towards a darker, more sonically adventurous palette, expanding their dream-pop foundation with shoegaze and psychedelic textures. Aided by co-producer Sonic Boom, the duo abandoned limitations of live replication for a denser, more rhythmically propulsive sound, built from layered synths, distorted guitars, and live drums. Thematically, the album explores the disorienting nature of glamour and the beauty that arises from confronting darkness, reflecting a conscious creative rebirth for the band.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, dreamy, reverb-heavy, synth, velvety, synthesizers, rhythmic, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Dark Spring (3:24)
  2. Pay No Mind (3:24)
  3. Lemon Glow (4:04)
  4. L'Inconnue (4:24)
  5. Drunk In LA (3:59)
  6. Dive (4:25)
  7. Black Car (4:11)
  8. Lose Your Smile (4:09)
  9. Woo (4:14)
  10. Girl Of The Year (3:51)
  11. Last Ride (6:59)

Credits

  • Beach House - arrangement, performance, production, engineering, engineer [orchard studios], written-by, lyrics by, Primary Artist
  • Victoria Legrand - performance, vocals, keyboards
  • Alex Scally - performance, guitar, keyboards
  • James Barone - live drums (arrangement, performance), engineering (including drums on track 6), arranged by [live drums], performer [live drums], engineer [orchard studios], engineer, Recorded By [Drums]
  • Sonic Boom - accordion (track 5), drill (track 3), production, Performer [Drill], Accordion
  • Mikhail Pivovarov - engineering, engineer [carriage house]
  • David Tolemei - engineering, additional editing and recording, editor [additional editing], recorded by [additional recording], engineer [orchard studios]
  • Jason Quever - engineering (tracks 8, 9), Recorded By
  • Alan Moulder - mixing
  • Caesar Edmunds - engineering (mix), engineer [assault and battery]
  • Greg Calbi - mastering
  • Post Typography - album art, design

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