Best New Bands » Sub Pop http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Album Review: Beach House – Bloom http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-beach-house-bloom/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-beach-house-bloom/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 02:17:39 +0000 Beach House’s latest offering, Bloom, is officially out on Sub Pop, and the band continues to build on the more polished atmosphere of their previous album, Teen Dream. Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally are continuing to reinvent the arpeggio and dream pop vocal melodies with songs that all take after the title of the album;

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