YMMV / Beach House

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• Epic Riff: Both the main guitar and piano riffs in "Myth".
• Hype Aversion: Pitchfork likes them, so of course you can expect a bit of this.
• Hype Backlash: On Best Ever Albums, Teen Dream stayed at number 1 for the year until Arcade Fire released The Suburbs in August 2010 and since then it has been on a rapid decline in positions with negative comments starting to appear on the album's page. Seems to slowly be subverted as people that ignored it last year are starting to pick it up now and realize how much of a gem it is. Even people who were adding to the backlash just simply gave it a few more listens and it grew on them.
• Refrain from Assuming: Many people confuse "Silver Soul" as being titled "It Is Happening Again", due to it being repeated constantly.
• Sampled Up:
  • Kendrick Lamar sampled "Silver Soul" on his song "Money Trees", which put a few Hip-Hop fans onto them.
  • The Weeknd sampled "Master of None" on "The Party and the Afterparty."
• Signature Song: "Silver Soul," "Myth," or "Space Song."
• Suspiciously Similar Song: Album, not song—Teen Dream and Teenage Dream by Katy Perry were released a few months apart from each other, but the albums are so starkly different from each other that it's more of a funny coincidence than anything else.
• Tear Jerker: "Better Times" and "Real Love" from Teen Dream, "On the Sea" from Bloom, "Space Song" and "Days of Candy" from Depression Cherry, "Somewhere Tonight" from Thank Your Lucky Stars, "Superstar" from Once Twice Melody, and countless more.
• Viewer Gender Confusion: More like Listener Gender Confusion. On some of the more recent Beach House songs, Legrand's voice sounds more androgynous. However, earlier in recordings, the self-titled and Devotion, her voice isn't as confusing.
• Vindicated by History: Teen Dream, while moderately praised and slightly successful in sales, was not nearly as beloved as it was a year after its release.

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