Beach House‘s new album Once Twice Melody drops on February 18 via Sub Pop and Bella Union.
Baltimore’s famous indie dream pop duo Beach House has just released Chapter 3′ from Once Twice Melody featuring five new tracks, including the seductive “Masquerade”.
The releasing of tracks from the double album via installments over the past months is a smart strategy as it slowly builds anticipation of Beach House fans by revealing a few synth-glazed tracks at a time rather than all at once – or even just one single at a time (which is a more common tactic).
Here’s what one fan, mattyb01, wrote on Bandcamp: “already some of the best dream pop/shoegaze I’ve heard since Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time by Candy Claws.
“The absurd amount of time and talent that must have went into making this album shows, and I’ll be patiently waiting for the rest of the parts as they come out. The mix of synths and drum machines with guitars, as well as the absolutely gorgeous string arrangements make for a extremely entertaining listening experience. Favorite track: Pink Funeral.
Many fan comments selected “Starstruck” as the best of the new tracks.
Once Twice Melody is Beach House’s eighth studio album release.
Despite chapter after chapter drops it’s going to be very interesting to hear the entire project all at once when it officially drops next month.
In all, 13 of the 18 tracks are available to stream via the duo’s Bandcamp page:
