TEEN DREAM

After a long day of school and work on Monday, what a pleasant surprise it was to see a brown rectangular box outside my door with a green label with the words "Subpop" on it. It had finally arrived. Pre-ordered on Christmas day in anticipation of Beach House's Subpop debut, their third record in all, I was finally happy to have a copy of the album that Edward Droste (Grizzly Bear) had been worshiping while the two bands toured together in Europe during the Fall.

Beach House (www.beachhousebaltimore.com) is an indie-pop duo from Baltimore Maryland who specialize in beautifully orchestrated and melodic songs. Victoria Legrand is the vocalist/organist while Alex Scally plays guitar and keyboards. Their last album, Devotion, was an album of the year for me last year and after a single listen through of their latest, Teen Dream, it seems they have picked up where they left off and have made another outstanding album.

2010 Spring Tour

03-26 Washington, DC - Black Cat #
03-27 Middletown, CT - Wesleyan University
03-28 Boston, MA - Paradise #
03-29 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rosa #
03-30 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House #
04-01 Pontiac, MI - Pike Room #
04-02 Chicago, IL - Metro #
04-03 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater #
04-04 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center #
04-05 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room #
04-06 Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Saloon #
04-07 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater #
04-09 Boise, ID - Neurolux #
04-10 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge #
04-11 Vancouver, British Columbia - Rickshaw Theater #
04-12 Seattle, WA - Neumos #
04-14 San Francisco, CA - Bimbos #
04-15 San Luis Obispo, CA - Downtown Brewing Co. #
04-19 Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room *
04-21 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater %
04-22 Austin, TX - Emo's %
04-23 Houston, TX - Walter's %
04-24 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon %
04-25 Tallahassee, FL - Engine Room %
04-27 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree %
04-28 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge %
04-29 Atlanta, GA - The Earl %
04-30 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle Tavern %
05-01 Chapel Hill, NC - Cat's Cradle %
05-06 New York, NY - Webster Hall
05-07 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
05-08 Baltimore, MD - 2640 Space

* with Grizzly Bear
# with Bachelorette
% with Washed Out

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The LP packaging of the album was incredible, below is the album cover

Inside the gate fold

DVD with a music video to each song; directors were hand picked by the band

Lyric sheet

Scrapbook made by Victoria which includes all of the notes and outlines used to write the songs

Subpop stickers!

Also included in the packaging, as with all Subpop releases, a download code for the album. If you haven't already purchased a copy of this album, what are you waiting for...GO!