Beach House: Teen Dream
May 5th, 2011 by gcunniff
“From its woozy textural experimentation (“Norway”) to Alex Scally’s spine-straightening guitars (“Walk in the Park,” “10 Mile Stereo”) to its suddenly vogue reference bank (a thick fishnetting of Fleetwood Mac, M83, late-era Heart, and Mazzy Star) — it does give me an opportunity to get to the bottom of what…has had me so bonkers over the album since it leaked last November. Part of my attraction owes to its unexpected tonal resemblance to longstanding Boston traditions (odd, since Beach House are from Baltimore): the gorgeously gruff and shimmering “Norway” had me trying to remember what the first Come song I ever heard was, and the noir nostalgia of “Used To Be” could have been donated by Victory at Sea.” –The Boston Phoenix