Beach House
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
Pushkin Industries
4.5 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Beach House is a psych-pop band with a die-hard cult following. Since their 2006 debut album, their lush, cinematic sound has been sampled by artists like Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd. And Kanye recently posted a picture on Instagram collaborating with Beach House in the studio.
In January, Beach House began releasing their most ambitious project yet—a double album that debuted at number one. It’s called Once, Twice, Melody and it’s their first entirely self-produced album and the most dynamic in scope. On today’s episode Broken Record producer Leah Rose talks to Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally of Beach House about the inner-workings of their unique creative partnership. They also talk about how the warmth of Bob Marley’s music has indirectly inspired the band, and they explain why sometimes you have to just get over yourself for the sake of show business.
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin |
| 0:11.2 | Hey y'all it's Justin Richmond. |
| 0:13.0 | Today we have Beach House on the show. |
| 0:15.4 | The Baltimore indie band known for their cinematic psychedelic songs. |
| 0:20.2 | They're one of those bands that manages to envelop you in a sonic landscape when they play. |
| 0:25.0 | You'll hear exactly what I'm talking about in the title track for their new album, Once Twice Melody. |
| 0:43.0 | Victoria LaGrand and Alex Scally have a very special musical chemistry. |
| 0:48.0 | Their 2006 self-titled debut was a moving collection of low-fi songs built around Victoria's dreamy vocals and synth-based loops. |
| 0:57.0 | Topped with Alex's lush guitar riffs. |
| 1:00.0 | The songs have since been sampled by artists like Kendrick Lamar and The Weekend, |
| 1:04.0 | and Kanye West even recently posted a picture of himself collaborating with them on Instagram. |
| 1:09.0 | The band's new album debuted at number one, and it's their first entirely self-produced album and also the most dynamic in scope. |
| 1:17.0 | They tell Broken Record producer Leo Rose on today's episode about the inner workings of their unique creative partnership. |
| 1:23.0 | They also talk about how the warmth of Bob Marley's music has directly inspired the band, |
| 1:28.0 | and they explain why sometimes you have to just get over yourself for the sake of show business. |
| 1:37.0 | This is Broken Record, liner notes for the digital age. I'm Justin Richmond. |
| 1:42.0 | Here's Leo Rose with Victoria LaGrand and Alex Scally of Beach House. |
| 1:47.0 | So thank you guys so much for doing this. I guess by the time this comes out, you guys are going to be back on the road, |
| 1:53.0 | which must be super exciting, hopefully, and not terrifying. |
| 1:57.0 | What's it been like being off the road during the pandemic? |
| 2:00.0 | You guys have been on tour for like 15 years straight, pretty much, right? |
| 2:05.0 | Yes, it's been totally strange to not be out in the world, but I think everybody can relate to that. |
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