on the sea

goodnight kind of music...

BEACH HOUSE - ON THE SEA (2012)

MY TRACK OF THE DAY: seven stars

AIR + Victoria Legrand = simply irresistible...

The song "seven stars" will be featured on AIR's upcoming album, Le Voyage Dans La Lune. If you're into spacey music and poignant piano then you're bound to love this tune. Try it:

AIR/VICTORIA LEGRAND - "SEVEN STARS" (2012)

The heart is a stone and this is the stone that we throw.

-BEACH HOUSE

WHAT'S IN MY IPOD: playlist

Study, study, study. It's the last week of school which means papers and presentations are due. It's the time of the semester when I am reminded of the cons of procrastination. It is Tuesday night. The clock is ticking. Deadlines are approaching. My mind is consumed in schoolwork ... sometimes ... 80% of the time. There's nothing like a good music playlist to keep me awake and motivated. Music, to a certain degree, keeps me focused. When I hear a song for the fourth time I realize that time is going by quickly and I've got to finish quickly. And when thoughts are scarce, I discover guitar riffs and echoes that I never noticed in a song. These are four albums I've been streaming on my ipod as I study/write/memorize things:

Beach House- Teen Dream

Fleet Foxes- Helplessness Blues

Band of Horses- Infinite Arms

The Greenhornes- ****

MY TRACK OF THE DAY: I do not care for the winter sun

Without a doubt holiday hits can be a challenge for artists in the music business. A holiday song should maintain the uniqueness of the artist while evoking the essence of the season. Every year without fail you can open up a Best Buy or Target ad and notice numerous artists advertising their Christmas albums. Mariah Carey might have been the last to nail it with her very own original song "All I Want for Christmas is You." And even though Beach House is not as big as Carey, their song "I do not care for the winter sun" screams holiday hit material. And I doubt that it will make it on mainstream radio but this song definitely succeeds at making one feel like they're in the holiday season. I must warn you that it is not a buoyant tune but rather a somber one that will make you feel like crawling into a dark corner and gaze out the window as rays of sunshine hit the iris of your left eye only to reveal its true pigment. Earlier today I saw the painted weathered rock (pictured above) and instantly my head became impregnated with Victoria Legrand's melancholy tone in "I do not care for the winter sun." Beach House definitely nailed it with their holiday song. And if rocks could talk this gloomy-looking one would definitely sing along.

"Snowflakes that fall across my eye cannot compare to a dumb surprise"

Listen here:

Download the song here:

http://pitchfork.com/news/41046-listen-new-beach-house-holiday-song/

LYRIC DIVE: lover of mine & fade into you

Comparing Beach House's line "we parted our lips and we reached from inside" to Mazzy Star's "I want to hold the hand inside you"

Both these lines speak about knowing a person to the core. It's about getting to know someone's soul. If for example two people are physically attracted to each other and already understand each other's personalities what they would desire next is to know each others souls. Soul? The part of us that tells us where to look, what to think, what to say. That ghostly thing within us that activates our thoughts and body.

Both these lines speak about  knowing a person inside out to form a spiritual bond. I like the way that both songs paint it as if we have invisible hands that are able to travel through the body and grasp someone else's soul. It's all about connecting with someone as if two were one. Perhaps, Beach House's line has more to do with speaking sincerely from the heart so as to "reach" into each others souls when communicating. Or "parted our lips" could also be about kissing but I like to think of it as speaking. Do with it what you may. Is it a bit of a cheesy concept? Yes; well maybe not if you're in love OR feeling like a romantic.

Beach House "lover of mine"
Beach House - Lover Of Mine by musicmule
Mazzy Star "fade into you"
Mazzy Star / Fade Into You by ShornStarMan