Thank Your Lucky Stars

This arrived undamaged which was amazing as it wasn't even in a cardboard sleeve or box, just the record, shrink wrapped! Sounds good.

Released two months after Depression Cherry, Thank Your Lucky Stars seems to amble along in a dreamscape amid disturbing imagery in a few of its lyrics. in Rough Song, Legrand (singer and lyricist) pummels along with verses such as; 'Schoolgirls were praying/Lace curtains fading.' She is nearly observing the ageing of things and elements of a past life. Here, Legrand speaks of mother and daughter fighting, one has a bloody nose. It's a party and drinking vodka and cocktails results in confrontation. Yet Legrand's voice seems whispery and funereal, and she sings with the aptness toward a careful lyric. Out in 2015 the UK imprint is with the 4AD survivors label, Bella Union. Sub Pop label in the USA. In Common Girl there is a hint of prostitution; the closing song Somewhere Tonight, written by the duo Scally and Legrand, seems to find location, a ballroom. A tidy dream pop CD album.

This is my first encounter with Beach House and although i knew from reviews that it was going to be fairly dreamy & ethereal, i didn't realise it would be quite this delicate & fragile.However the more you listen (especially on headphones) the haziness clears and you can start to hear lots of interesting (mostly electronic) musical treats underneath Victoria's beautiful silky vocals.My favourite track would be 'elegy to the void' which has the most noticeable guitar on the album and at times has vocal echoes of Laurie Anderson's 'O Superman'. I must admit i'd have liked a bit more substance and variation but it's still a fine example of it's type.

Bloom and Teen Dream feature heavily in my favourite albums of all time - Depression Cherry is quite cute and lush in places, but this is the better of the two releases, at present. I love Rough Song in particular. Bright band - interested to see how they move forward. No idea how the two albums seemed to have been released so close together and yet quite different in nature- the image on the front cover looks like a female Alex Scally aged 12.

Classic Beach House, everything you'd want to hear from Legrand and Scally; seriously brilliant! Following very closely on the heels of the very dreamy Depression Cherry album, Thank Your Lucky Stars delivers a sound reminiscent of some of the early days of Beach House. A very cool mix of dream pop to delight both Dyed-in-the-wool fans and those new to the wondrous style of the Baltimore duo.

Outstanding! I'll try to avoid typical pretentious music critic stuff. At the end of the day it does not matter who says what as long as you like it but the album got great reviews! What I can say is that I've been listening to this surprise album non-stop and does not seem to have had enough yet. Brilliant!

Best beach house album in my opinion.

Was really surprised this album seamed to appear from nowhere with little fanfare ....That said it has been on my continuous play list ever since & in Somewhere Tonight a quite beautiful, stunning vocal performance