Sound Check: Beach House – Devotion (2008)

By John

Beach House – Devotion (2008)

Kinda-sorta hypnotizing display of Mazzy Star dream pop for the winter lover’s crowd. A warm reverb swallows the LP, allowing the prettier melodies to keep afloat amongst the morass of gentle but typical songcraft. Weirdo Beardos like Gary Higgins spin pastoral cottage folk-pop far better than mousy, bookish types – and with more sincerity. One can assume much work was put into the overall aesthetic, which sounds how the cover looks – sparse, wooden and (artificially) lit-up.

Key tracks: “Heart of Chambers,” “Wedding Bell”

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