The Thousands

Baltimore girlfriend/boyfriend duo Beach House have achieved an increasingly difficult feat; they’ve created a sound that is both instantly recognisable yet entirely new. Like a new buddy at a party you feel like you’ve known for years.**Their second album, DEVOTION, combines the atmosphere of David Lynch’s creepy small town Americana with the fifties girl groups on Quaaludes. You could say it sounds like ‘Sunday Morning’ by The Velvet Underground crossed with Mazzy Star and ’50s classic ‘Sleep Walk’ by Santo and Johnny. But that doesn’t do justice to their strange, melancholy world, where carousels are evil, sleigh bells are sinister, and LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRARIE is played by a cast of zombies. Fun huh?