Like eating a scoop of vanilla frosting.

Favorite tracks: Zebra, Walk in the Park, 10 Mile Stereo

Sunny, vibrant and consistent. Beach House's best guitar work is on this album and it is flashier than some of their other work. This is a real summertime vibe to hear. The organs are catchy, the reverb slide guitar is clean, and the songwriting is impeccable. A must listen!

It's good but just not very exciting

Standouts: 10 Mile Stereo, Silver Soul

Least Favorites: Real Love, Norway, Used To Be

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The strangest thing is not the hype around this album, but how fans seem to agree so much with the idea that this album is so much better than their debut. I don’t hear a difference.

A good album. After listening multiple times to this record I can say it's a serene, euphonic dream pop album, and it works, but it's not as compelling or as fun as Bloom. That would definitely be my say on both the best Beach House gateway album for beginners and their best in their overall oeuvre.

This is the album with which Beach House truly becomes the rightful successor to Slowdive. They became more confident in their compositions, their melodies are stronger and catchier. Every song holds its own, theres no filler in sight. Give this album your time and attention and every song has its moment to shine in the sun!

This album is everything I love about dream pop. Literally sonic art; just stare at a blank wall or the sky while listening to this album and watch it come alive with colors and waves as it feels like just swimming in the sound.

I am so happy that Beach House exists and decided to usher in a new generation of Dream Pop, and i would like to believe that landmark albums like this one are what inspired MBV, Ride and Slowdive to make their comebacks. Shoegaze is alive in 2010s and I am infinitely grateful.

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It's listenable enough. There are just no times I can really picture myself doing so.