Beach House
Beach House is an American dream pop band formed in Baltimore in 2004, composed of current members Victoria Legrand (vocals, keyboards) and Alex Scally (guitar, keyboard, backing vocals, drum programming), who first met in Baltimore's indie scene, and James Barone (drums, percussion, bass), who joined in 2022. Since their formation, they have been recognized to have popularized the dream pop genre, bringing it to new generations such as millennials.
Prior to forming Beach House, Legrand and Scally met in Baltimore, and were members of another band, Daggerhearts, which disbanded in 2005 due to dysfunctionality. Thereafter, both decided to write music together, as their wish to form a band. They first gained international recognition in 2006, after their song "Apple Orchard" was featured on Pitchfork's Infinite Mixtape series, subsequently releasing their self-titled debut album in October of that year, through Carpark Records. They released their second studio album Devotion in February 2008, which became their first album to debut on the US Billboard 200 and their final release under Carpark. In 2009, they signed onto Sub Pop, which allowed them to promote their third studio album Teen Dream, which was released in January 2010 to critical acclaim and is often considered their breakthrough album.
They followed the success of Teen Dream by releasing their fourth studio album Bloom in May 2012, which was met with similar acclaim and commercially successful, peaking at number 7 on the Billboard 200. They later released two albums in 2015, Depression Cherry and Thank Your Lucky Stars, with the latter being described by the band as "not a companion to [the former], or a surprise, or b-sides." The band shifted their musical style on their seventh album 7 (2018), after releasing a compilation album in 2017. The band gained more attention in 2021, after their 2015 promotional single "Space Song" went viral on social platforms, primarily TikTok. In February 2022, the band released their eighth studio album Once Twice Melody, which was released in four chapters starting November 2021.
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