Beach House: Depression Cherry review – indie pop’s abstract expressionists
(Bella Union)Reliability is seldom given its due in art. The idea of the bloody-minded maverick is deeply rooted, particularly in the creative thickets abutting the mainstream. (Blame Bob Dylan.) Creativity, in this discourse, is all about risk-taking; switching it up.Spare a thought, then, for Beach House, Baltimore purveyors of gauzy and somnambulant pop. The duo have been astonishingly consistent in pursuit of one sound throughout a decade and five albums, growing a fanbase, probably turning
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