It can be difficult to pinpoint just why Beach House is so popular. Their gauzy vintage synths, Scally’s intuitive slide guitar playing, and their tastefully unobtrusive drums render them sonically irresistible those parts that flat-out serve the songs. They followed that with 2012’s astounding Bloom, which is more of a mood piece than its predecessor - it’s less singles-oriented and more of an album, demanding to be heard in one sitting, without skipping or pausing. 3 on our list of that year’s best albums. They crashed through indie’s glass ceiling with the spectacular Teen Dream in 2010 - it came in an No. They emerged with their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album in 2006, which won them some high-profile indie fans, including Grizzly Bear, who would go on to take Beach House on tour.Ģ008’s Devotion raised the stakes with a more sophisticated songwriting acumen, but often felt like the sequel of sorts to Beach House’s debut - it wasn’t a grand leap forward, just a band tugging lightly at the confines of their sound, to often dazzling effect, including on tracks like the classic “Gila” and their delicate nursery-rhyme take on Jad Fair and Daniel Johnston’s “Some Things Last A Long Time.”

The band - who prefer to not be referred to a duo, but are essentially composed of singer/keyboardist Victoria Legrand and multi-instrumentalist Alex Scally, along with touring drummer Dan Franz - formed in 2004. They play the game by their own rules, turning down high profile tour slots and TV advertisements, and often book small gigs not closely commensurate with their popularity. Baltimore’s Beach House are perhaps the most unlikely indie success story of the past few years.

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