Today, Beach House is sharing Chapter 2 from Once Twice Melody, the group’s forthcoming double album, out February 18th, 2022.
Once Twice Melody, the first album produced entirely by Beach House, was recorded at Pachyderm studio in Cannon Falls, MN, United Studio in Los Angeles, CA, and Apple Orchard Studios in Baltimore, MD. For the first time, a live string ensemble was used, with arrangements by David Campbell. Once Twice Melody was mostly mixed by Alan Moulder but a few tracks were also mixed by Caesar Edmunds, Trevor Spencer, and Dave Fridmann.
Once Twice Melody features 18 tracks, and in the lead up to the physical release, will be presented in 4 chapters with lyric animations for each song.
Chapter 1 (November 10th, 2021) 1. Once Twice Melody 2. Superstar 3. Pink Funeral 4. Through Me
Chapter 2 (December 8th, 2021 - TODAY) 5. Runaway 6. ESP 7. New Romance 8. Over and Over
Chapter 3 (January 19th, 2022) 9. Sunset 10. Only You Know 11. Another Go Around 12. Masquerade 13. Illusion of Forever
Chapter 4 (full album release, February 18th, 2022) 14. Finale 15. The Bells 16. Hurts to Love 17. Many Nights 18. Modern Love Stories
Beach House have also announced headlining tour dates in support of Once Twice Melody, which begin on February 18th, 2022 (see also November 9th, 2021 announcement).
New international festival appearances include Best Kept Secret Festival in Hilvarenbeek, NL (June 10th-12th), Portugal’s Paredes de Coura (August 16th-20th), and This Ain’t No Picnic in Pasadena, CA (August 27th-28th). For more information on tickets, please visit oncetwicemelodytour.com.
What people are saying about Once Twice Melody: “Chapter One captured that storybook quality with sweeping ballads fit for a baroque fairytale, each guided by Victoria Legrand’s typically enchanting vocals.” - The AV Club
“…Their most cinematic record yet. Working with a live string ensemble for the first time, they summon a sound more surrealistic than anything on 2018’s 7, bringing to mind 1960s psychedelia, Stereolab, and Broadcast’s ‘Come On Let’s Go’.” - Pitchfork
“Beach House’s music contains many gifts, but it’s the group’s ability to magnify life’s small dramas into sky-sized emotions that glitters (“Superstar”).” - New York Times
“‘Like walking into a fairytale — it’s reminiscent of psychedelic ’60s folk and other kinds of evocative vintage pop.” - PAPER
“All of them are amazing. All of them have their proponents. But “Superstar,” while perhaps not the most novel of the bunch, is the one that gave me the spine-chilling sensation of listening to a bona fide Beach House classic for the first time.” (“Song of the Week”) - Stereogum
“Things begin with the stunning title track that mixes low-fi electronics with baroque touches and a stirring string section. You can hear echoes of Broadcast, Stereolab and Spacemen 3 (whose Sonic Boom produced their last album, 7). The hand-drawn animated lyric video, directed by Annapurna Kumar, is great too. From there, it’s the pulsing, kaleidoscopic ‘Superstar’ (video by Nicholas Law), the neon dread of ‘Pink Funeral’ (full of strings right out of a horror film and a video by Scott Kiernan), and the melting arpeggiations of ‘Through Me’ (with a video by San Charoenchai). The visuals for all four songs are fantastic, very different, but majorly psychedelic.” - Brooklyn Vegan
Once Twice Melody, the first album produced entirely by Beach House, was recorded at Pachyderm studio in Cannon Falls, MN, United Studio in Los Angeles, CA, and Apple Orchard Studios in Baltimore, MD. For the first time, a live string ensemble was used, with arrangements by David Campbell. Once Twice Melody was mostly mixed by Alan Moulder but a few tracks were also mixed by Caesar Edmunds, Trevor Spencer, and Dave Fridmann.
Once Twice Melody features 18 tracks, and in the lead up to the physical release, will be presented in 4 chapters with lyric animations for each song. The first 4-song chapter of Once Twice Melody will be available on all DSPs at midnight Eastern on November 10th. The entire chapter and song release schedule will be as follows:
Chapter 1 on November 10th, 2021 1. Once Twice Melody 2. Superstar 3. Pink Funeral 4. Through Me
Chapter 2 on December 8th, 2021 5. Runaway 6. ESP 7. New Romance 8. Over and Over
Chapter 3 on January 19th, 2022 9. Sunset 10. Only You Know 11. Another Go Around 12. Masquerade 13. Illusion of Forever
Chapter 4 (full album release) on February 18th, 2022 14. Finale 15. The Bells 16. Hurts to Love 17. Many Nights 18. Modern Love Stories
Earlier today, Beach House debuted the first new music from Once Twice Melody with a world premiere of the album’s title track, on SiriusXMU.
Beach House is also announcing headlining tour dates for 2022, which begin on February 18th in Pittsburgh at Stage AE and run through Sunday, July 24th in Washington, DC at Anthem. Tickets will be on sale on Friday, November 19th, 2021 at 10 am (local). To register for artist presale, please visit oncetwicemelodytour.com.
Fri. Feb. 18 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE Sat. Feb. 19 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre Sun. Feb. 20 - Grand Rapids, MI - GLC Live at 20 Monroe Tue. Feb. 22 - Kansas City, MO - Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland Wed. Feb. 23 - Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom Fri. Feb. 25 - Madison, WI - The Sylvee Sat. Feb. 26 - St. Paul, MN - Palace Theatre Sun. Feb. 27 - Milwaukee, WI - The Riverside Theater Tue. Mar. 01 - Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room at Old National Centre Wed. Mar. 02 - Cincinnati, OH - PromoWest Pavilion at OVATION Tue. Mar. 22 - Raleigh, NC - The Ritz Wed. Mar. 23 - Atlanta, GA - The Eastern Fri. Mar. 25 - Austin, TX - Moody Amphitheatre at Waterloo Park Sun. Mar. 27 - Dallas, TX - The Factory in Deep Ellum Tue. Mar. 29 - Santa Fe, NM - Lensic Performing Arts Center Wed. Mar. 30 - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom Fri. Apr. 01 - Missoula, MT - The Wilma Sat. Apr. 02 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory Sun. Apr. 03 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre Tue. Apr. 05 - Vancouver, BC - Queen Elizabeth Theatre Wed. Apr. 06 - Portland, OR - The Keller Auditorium Fri. Apr. 08 - Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley Sat. Apr. 09 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre Sat. May 21 - Dublin, IE - The National Stadium Mon. May 23 - Glasgow - Barrowland Ballroom Tue. May 24 - Manchester, UK - Manchester Academy Thu. May 26 - London, UK - O2 Academy Brixton Sat. May 28 - Antwerp, BE - De Roma Mon. May 30 - Brussels, BE - Ancienne Belgique Tue. May 31 - Paris, FR - L’Olympia Thu. Jun. 02 - Nimes, FR - Paloma Sat. Jun. 04 - Barcelona, ES - Primavera Sound Festival Tue. Jun. 07 - Cologne, DE - Carlswerk Victoria Wed. Jun. 08 - Berlin, DE - Columbiahalle Thu. Jun. 09 - Copenhagen, DK - Falkoner Centre Fri. Jul. 08 - Richmond, VA - The National Sat. Jul. 09 - Asheville, NC - Rabbit Rabbit Sun. Jul. 10 - Louisville, KY - Old Forester’s Paristown Hall Tue. Jul. 12 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre Wed. Jul. 13 - Chicago, IL - Radius Fri. Jul. 15 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall Sat. Jul. 16 - Montreal, QC - MTELUS Mon. Jul. 18 - New Haven, CT - College Street Music Hall Tue. Jul. 19 - Brooklyn, NY - Kings Theatre Wed. Jul. 20 - Brooklyn, NY - Kings Theatre Fri. Jul. 22 - Boston, MA - Roadrunner Sat. Jul. 23 - Philadelphia, PA - The Met Sun. Jul. 24 - Washington, DC - The Anthem
Limited “GOLD” Edition 2xLP in a gold-embossed, hinged box on gold and clear vinyl with full-color booklet and 2 exclusive posters
“SILVER” Edition 2xLP in a silver embossed black sleeve, on classic black vinyl with double-sided exclusive poster
Artists from the labels’ rosters are covering their favorite Sub Pop/Hardly Art songs.
Sub Pop and Hardly Art are, together, very excited to announce Got You Covered (a cover song series)! Got You Covered will feature Hardly Art and Sub Pop artists covering their favorite songs from the labels’ catalogs. Beginning today, Monday, July 6th at 6 pm PT (and every weekday evening this week), artists like Yuno, Chad VanGaalen, Lala Lala, Whitmer Thomas, and Jenn Champion will offer their takes on songs by Beach House, The Vaselines, Chastity Belt, and Nirvana.
The first installment of Got You Covered, Yuno’s excellent and sweetly affecting rendition of the Beach House song “Zebra,” is available to see/hear right now here.
Second in the series, here now is Jenn Champion’s take on Nirvana’s “Dive.”
Number three from the Big Baby himself: comedian / musician / world-famous actor Whitmer Thomas covers his friends Chastity Belt’s anthemic hit “Different Now” over here.
Please join us here in our appreciation of multi-talented weirdo Chad VanGaalen covering The Vaselines “Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam.”
Polish singer and producer Perfect Son covers Chad VanGaalen’s “Molten Light” from beloved (and recently repressed to vinyl!) album ’Soft Airplane’ here.
Here’s Lala Lala’s lovely rendition of Beach House’s “Space Song.”
Prepare to be mesmerized here by Morgan Delt covering another mellifluous Beach House classic, “PPP.”
Rounding out this week’s collection of ‘Got You Covered’ tunes, here’s Alicia aka Bully absolutely shredding a cover of Sub Pop alum Orville Peck’s hit song ‘Turn to Hate.”
Fan presales April 30th-May 2nd at 10 pm (Local). On sale to the general public May 3rd at 10 am (Local). beachhousebaltimore.com/tour
Beach House have extended their 2019 North American headlining and festival schedule in support of internationally acclaimed album, 7
The just-announced shows include Flynn Theatre in Burlington (August 1st), The Pines Theatre in Northampton (August 4th), The Agora Theatre in Cleveland (August 6th), 20 Monroe Live in Grand Rapids (August 7th), and Riverside Theatre in Milwaukee (August 8th).
Fan presales begin Tuesday, April 30th and run through Thursday, May 2nd at 10 pm (Local), with tickets on sale to the general public Friday, May 3rd at 10 am (Local). Visit BeachHouseBaltimore.com for more info.
Beach House’s international festival schedule for 2019 includes appearances at Just Like Heaven in Long Beach, California (May 3rd-4th), Tomavista in Madrid, Spain (May 24th), All Points East in London (May 26th), Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee (June 14th), Montreal’s Osheaga Festival (August 3rd), Waynesville, Ohio’s Bellwether Music Festival (August 9th-10th), and Psycho Fest in Las Vegas (August 16th-18th).
Apr. 30 - San Luis Obispo, CA - Madonna Inn May 03 - Long Beach, CA - Just Like Heaven Festival [Sold Out] May 04 - Long Beach, CA - Just Like Heaven Festival [Sold Out] May 08 - Seattle, WA - The Moore Theatre May 09 - Seattle, WA - The Moore Theatre May 24 - Madrid, ES - Tomavista Festival May 26 - London, UK - All Points East Festival Jun. 09 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel [Sold Out] Jun. 10 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel [Sold Out] Jun. 11 - Baltimore, MD - Hippodrome Jun. 14 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Aug. 01 - Burlington, VT - Flynn Theatre Aug. 03 - Montreal, QC - Osheaga Aug. 04 - Northampton, MA - The Pines Theatre Aug. 06 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Aug. 07 - Grand Rapids, MI - 20 Monroe Live Aug. 08 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Aug. 09 - Waynesville, OH - Bellwether Music Festival Aug. 10 - Waynesville, OH - Bellwether Music Festival Aug. 16 - Las Vegas, NV - Psycho Fest Aug. 17 - Las Vegas, NV - Psycho Fest Aug. 18 - Las Vegas, NV - Psycho Fest
You can now also watch “Beach House: Live at Kings Theatre” set presented by Pitchfork. The entire performance features songs from throughout their catalog and was captured last August during the bands 2018 summer tour.
Beach House’s 7 was one of the best-reviewed albums of 2018, earning placement on over 40 “Best Albums of the Year” lists including AV Club (#1), The New Yorker, USA Today, Rolling Stone, Uncut, Q, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Noisey, NME, Village Voice “Pazz & Jop,” Consequence of Sound, Uproxx, FLOOD, High Snobiety, Under the Radar, PopMatters, Gorilla vs Bear, Treble, Northern Transmissions, Tiny Mix Tapes, and NPR Music, Pitchfork, and Stereogum “Readers’ Polls.”
At the end of 2018, Beach House also released a limited-edition 7-inch single that was originally only available from the band at their October 2018 European tour dates. Side A is “Lose Your Smile” from 7, and side B is a new song called “Alien.” The slime-green colored vinyl 7” is available while supplies last here.
Limited-Edition “Lose Your Smile” b/w “Alien” 7” available now. New Australian headlining & festival dates for February and March 2019 just announced.
Beach House’s new song ”Alien” is an outtake from the 7sessions that was originally released as a B-side for a limited-edition, tour-only 7”. It is produced by the band, Sonic Boom, and Jason Quever. You can stream the track now via Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, and all DSPs. Visualizer directed by San Charoenchai.
Fans can also purchase the physical single, which includes 7 album track “Lose Your Smile” on the A-side and is pressed on slime green vinyl, from the band’s official webstore, Bella Union in Europe, and Mistletone in Australia & New Zealand, and the rest of the world from Sub Pop here (while supplies last).
Beach House “Lose Your Smile” b/w “Alien” A. “Lose Your Smile” B. “Alien”
Beach House’s sold out North American and European tours in support of 7 end on November 2nd in Turin, IT at Club to Club. The band will then resume touring in 2019 with a headlining & festival date run in Australia, which begins on February 28th in Perth at Perth Festival and currently runs through March 9th in Victoria at the Golden Plains Festival.
European Tour 2018 Nov. 02 - Turin, IT - Club to Club
Australian Tour 2019 Feb. 28 - Perth, AU - Perth Festival Mar. 04 - Sydney, AU - Enmore Theatre Mar. 06 - Adelaide, AU - RCC Fringe (Math Lawns) Mar. 08 - Melbourne, AU - Forum Melbourne Mar. 09 - Victoria, AU - Golden Plains Festival
Beach House also shares “Black Car (Sonic Boom Remix)”.
7 is one of the Best Albums of 2018 (So Far): Stereogum(#1), Rolling Stone, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Billboard.
**** - TheGuardian **** - Rolling Stone “Best New Music” (8.9/10) - Pitchfork “The new Beach House album is their best yet” - Vulture
Beach House’s “Drunk In LA” is one of the standouts from 7, the group’s acclaimed new album for 2018. And now the song has a new, kaleidoscopic video directed by album co-producer Sonic Boom.
Upon the album’s release, Stereogum included the track in its “5 Best Songs of the Week,” and had this to say: “The immediate standout from Beach House’s magnificent 7 is “Drunk In LA,” a showstopper made stronger by everything else around it. The stuttering opening beat that opens the song blossoms into one of the duo’s most staggering songs yet.”
Beach House has also delivered a new Sonic Boom remix of “Black Car” [listen here] and had this to say about both the rework, and the “Drunk In LA” video:
“7was co-produced by Sonic Boom aka Peter Kember. We had a lot of fun with him throughout the process, and he helped us remember that any idea is welcome in a recording environment (he played a drill on “Lemon Glow”).
“While mixing the record with Alan Moulder in London, we were out having dinner and Pete mentioned an idea for a video where the viewer is always looking up from the ground. This became the “Drunk in LA” video. When he sent it to us, we complimented and commented on the trippy, dreamlike nature of the video and he wrote that it was essentially just a day in his life.
“We have never had a remix, but we thought it would be cool if Pete did one. We really like the one he did for “Black Car,” because it feels like a different song, focused largely on voice and arpeggio. It feels like a poem this way, and the minimal treatment highlights the lonesome quality of the song. Hope you enjoy! Much Love.”
Beach House just completed a sold-out, North American tour in support of 7. The band will resume their overseas dates on September 25th in Lisbon, PT at Coliseu dos Recreios and end touring for 2018 on October 20th in Dublin, IE at Vicar Street.
Sep. 25 - Lisbon, Portugal - Coliseu dos Recreios Sep. 26 - Porto, Portugal - Teatro sa da Bandeira Sep. 27 - Madrid, ES - La Riviera Sep. 28 - Barcelona, ES - Razzmatazz Sep. 30 - Lyon, France - Epicerie Moderne Oct. 01 - Köln, DE - Gloria Oct. 02 - Berlin, DE - Huxleys Oct. 04 - Lund, SE - Mejeriet Oct. 05 - Gothenburg, SE - Trädgar’n Oct. 07 - Oslo, NO - Rockefeller Music Hall Oct. 08 - Stockholm, SE- Münchenbryggeriet Oct. 09 - Copenhagen, DK - Forum Black Box Oct. 11 - Hamburg, DE - Kampnagel Oct. 12 - Utrecht, NL - TivoliVredenburg Oct. 13 - Brussels, BE - AB [Sold Out] Oct. 15 - Paris, FR - Olympia Oct. 17 - London, UK - Troxy Oct. 18 - London, UK - Troxy [Sold Out] Oct. 19 - Manchester, UK - Albert Hall [Sold Out] Oct. 20 - Dublin, IE - Vicar Street [Sold Out]
7, featuring the videos and singles for “Black Car” [watch here], “Dark Spring” [watch here], “Lemon Glow,” “Dive” and the aforementioned “Drunk In LA,” is available now from Sub Pop, Bella Union (Europe), and Mistletone (Australia / New Zealand).
