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NR. TRACKNAME                                  TiME     ??????
              ?  ?????                                                          ?????  ?
              ? ?????? 1   Zebra                                       4:48     ?????? ?
              ? ?????? 2   Silver Soul                                 4:58     ?????? ?
              ? ?????? 3   Norway                                      3:54     ?????? ?
              ? ?????? 4   Walk in the Park                            5:22     ?????? ?
              ? ?????? 5   Used to Be                                  3:58     ?????? ?
              ? ?????? 6   Lover of Mine                               5:06     ?????? ?
              ? ?????? 7   Better Times                                4:23     ?????? ?
              ? ?????? 8   10 Miles Stereo                             5:03     ?????? ?
              ? ?????? 9   Real Love                                   5:20     ?????? ?
              ? ?????? 10  Take Care                                   5:48     ?????? ?



Ã?????????????????????????????????????RELEASE NOTESÂ?????????
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             ??????????? There wasn't much room for Beach House to improve  ???????????
             ??????????? on Devotion, so instead, the duo improved the      ???????????
             ??????????? room in which they made Teen Dream. Victoria       ???????????
             ??????????? Legrand and Alex Scally recorded their Sub Pop     ???????????
             ??????????? debut in a converted church with                   ???????????
             ??????????? producer/engineer Chris Coady, who has also        ???????????
             ??????????? worked with TV on the Radio and Blonde Redhead.    ???????????
             ??????????? The same dark lushness echoes through this album   ???????????
             ??????????? as those bands' works, with a spaciousness that's  ???????????
             ??????????? more like a beach mansion than a mere house (and   ???????????
             ??????????? Teen Dreamí»s DVD of videos for each song adds to  ???????????
             ??????????? its lavishness). The slightly squalid sound        ???????????
             ??????????? quality of Beach House and Devotion had a unique   ???????????
             ??????????? charm, as if the band had to record those albums   ???????????
             ??????????? not just on the cheap, but in secret. On Teen      ???????????
             ??????????? Dream, however, the hugeness previously implied    ???????????
             ??????????? in Legrand's lyrics and luscious vocals is made    ???????????
             ??????????? real, like tuning Beach House in at their full     ???????????
             ??????????? frequency. The duo's mix of retro electronics and  ???????????
             ??????????? chiming guitars is still as dreamlike and          ???????????
             ??????????? distinctive as ever -- if anything, the tinny      ???????????
             ??????????? taps and hisses of their drum machine are even     ???????????
             ??????????? more present in Teen Dream's pristine settings,    ???????????
             ??????????? making the contrast between them and the molten    ???????????
             ??????????? slide guitars and rippling keyboards on            ???????????
             ??????????? í?Norwayí? even more vivid. The songwriting is     ???????????
             ??????????? also more focused, using Devotion songs such as    ???????????
             ??????????? í?You Came to Meí? and í?Heart of Chambersí? as    ???????????
             ??????????? templates for the album's elegant longing. Like    ???????????
             ??????????? Teen Dream's title, these songs are wry and wise   ???????????
             ??????????? enough to know better about idealizing love, and   ???????????
             ??????????? romantic enough to still believe in it. í?Zebraí?  ???????????
             ??????????? positively swoons, while í?Walk in the Park,í?     ???????????
             ??????????? with its graceful coda and chorus lament í?In a    ???????????
             ??????????? matter of time/it will slip from my mind/In and    ???????????
             ??????????? out of my life/you would slip from my mind,í?      ???????????
             ??????????? makes losing sound beautiful, even if it's         ???????????
             ??????????? anything but a walk in the park. Despite the       ???????????
             ??????????? wintry sorrow that dominates Teen Dream and songs  ???????????
             ??????????? like í?Used to Beí? and í?Better Times," in        ???????????
             ??????????? particular, Beach House lets a little hope into    ???????????
             ??????????? the album before it closes with í?10 Mile          ???????????
             ??????????? Stereoí? and í?Real Love.í? Though it's not as     ???????????
             ??????????? eclectic and whimsical as their earlier work,      ???????????
             ??????????? Teen Dream is some of their most beautiful music,  ???????????
             ??????????? and reaffirms that they're the among the best      ???????????
             ??????????? purveyors of languidly lovelorn songs since Mazzy  ???????????
             ??????????? Star.                    
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               ????????                                   TOTAL TiME: 48:40 MIN  ??????
               ??????????                                 TOTAL SIZE: 90.93  MB?????