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Jun 5, 2024 · Explore this curated list of the best Beach House songs of all time, including Myth, Space Song, and more - ranked by fans.
- “Levitation,” Depression Cherry. Unfolding slowly and luxuriantly in all directions, “Levitation” is golden, full of subtle movements and elegant dynamics that fulfill the promise of its title.
- “Silver Soul,” Teen Dream. If Beach House was a sauce, then this is the reduction—a streamlined account of everything they do best. Scally’s guitar sounds like it’s weeping, the drums keep the song flying and the keyboards sound shot through with molten silver.
- “Master of None,” Beach House. What “Master of None” lacks in fidelity, it more than makes up with its insanely catchy melody. While this early track finds Scally exploring how to snake his way through a track, you can hear the voice that he solidifies throughout Beach House’s records.
- “Sparks,” Depression Cherry. The lead single from this year’s first release, Depression Cherry, “Sparks” catches us off-guard with the brittle, fiery guitar in the intro before sinking into a muggy swamp of buzzing organs and echo-y drums.
- “Take Care”
- “Other People”
- “Norway”
- “Zebra”
- “Apple Orchard”
- “Gila”
- “10 Mile Stereo”
- “Lazuli”
- “Master of None”
- “Silver Soul”
The sublime “Take Care” Is an adolescent ode to unrequited love, capturing the period when lost love feels like one of Dante’s circles of hell. When Legrand, in a fever dream-esque vision alludes to “Swimming in the lake/ We’ll come across a snake/ It is a real and then it’s fake,” it suggests a certain perfidy. The relationship as they know it is ...
“Other People” is one of Legrand’s more emotionally direct tunes; on it, she dustily ruminates over elegiac keyboards and a winding guitar motif of how “Other people want to keep in touch/ Something happens and it’s not enough.” She’s hinting at how some romantic relationships lead to lifetime friendships, and others wilt like flowers in the frost....
One of the more ornate Beach House songs, “Norway” was the track that transcended the minimalist work on the band’s first two albums. Thematically, it’s rather brutal, with Legrand urging “He’s a hunter for a lonely heart.” When she sings, “With your tiny heart/ You let us in the wooden house,” she hints that what’s been discovered is fools gold. A...
Perhaps Beach House’s most beloved song, “Zebra” opens Teen Dream; its lyric “Black and white horse/ arching among us” hints at the dichotomy so prevalent in many Beach House songs. And when Legrand disarmingly contemplates, “Don’t I know you better than the rest?” it’s suffused with utter ambivalence, a certain resignation regarding the object of ...
“Apple Orchard” has a majestic grace redolent of some of Galaxie 500’s finest moments. It finds Legrand droning sweetly, “You know how it is my friend/ In the boxes of those old picture frames.” It’s like a sepia-toned photograph, but it never succumbs to cheap nostalgia. It’s pure equanimity, and is emblematic of much of the band’s early work.
The metronomic “Gila” is positively minimalist in comparison to the band’s later fleshed-out compositions. Eschewing the synths that would color much of their later work, it’s a cabaret torch song that moves at a snail’s pace. But it’s Legrand’s extended enunciation of “Gila” that devastates. And when she suggests, “It’s why you keep your little lo...
When Kirsten Dunst was asked what song made her cry in a Spin interview, she answered, “10 Mile Stereo.” It was a song, she noted, that she listened to over and over again during the filming of Melancholiato prepare her for working on the soul-crushing movie. It’s a magnificent song instrumentally — the synths gurgle hypnotically, suggesting a cert...
Legrand has stated that “lazuli” was a word she long wanted to integrate into a song, not for a literal translation or anything along those lines. The song itself is a Cocteau Twins-esque dream-pop number, replete with guardian angel backing vocals. But the word somehow assumes the heart of the song brilliantly. It’s a bitterly blue, lachrymose, an...
For anyone who’s seen the terrific Miranda July film The Future, this track will always be inextricably tied to the director/actress wrapping herself in a shirt like a faux cocoon in an utterly unforgettable scene. July is trying desperately to connect via technology through a YouTube video soundtracked by the tune, which is somewhat counterintuiti...
Beach House have long been considered something of the ideal house band for a David Lynch film, but what they’ve most conjured over the years is the Twin Peaks scenes when the giant would break through in a hallucinatory vision to warn Dale Cooper of impending doom. The refrain on “Silver Soul” echoes his warning that “It is happening again.” What ...
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- Used to Be. The number one song on our Top 10 Beach House Songs list is “Used to Be” from the album Teen Dream. The song has an alternative rock and pop sound.
- Silver Soul. The touching song is from the album Teen Dream. The song has an alternative rock and pop sound. The romantic song is about someone falling in love again.
- Master of None. The indecisive song is from their eponymous album. The song has an alternative rock and pop beat. The reflective song is about a playboy who works his way from relationship to relationship.
- Sparks. The somber song is from the album Depression Cherry. The song has an alternative rock and pop beat. The dreamlike song is difficult to decipher.
Distilling these 83 songs down to a 10 best was a daunting task but one that was met with an enthusiastic glee. Not much is better than revisiting Beach House’s entire catalog of their signature dream-pop formula of airy guitars, hushed indie-rock beats, and ethereal vocals.
House on the Hill is like... top 10 songs for me, and always has been. Can’t explain it but it’s so haunting and perfect to me. I would die to hear it live one day.
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