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By: Wilfred Brandt
Date: 19th Aug 08
Release: Album
To Cure: A broken heart
What:
Devotion
Who:
Beach House
Where:
The Troubadour, Level 2, 322 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley
When:
Sat Aug 23, 8pm
How much:
$25 + bf
On:
Mistletone
MySpace:
Here
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 feellike 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, sleighbells are sinister, and Little House on The Prarie is played by a cast of zombies. Fun huh?
P.S - The lovely folk at Mistletone are giving away a double pass to the show and a copy of Devotion. To WIN email your full name to win@fourthousand.com.au with the subject line 'Baltimore's cutest couple'.