I shouldn't love Beach House as much as I do. I was introduced to this duo back in 2015, when I first started to branch out of music that wasn't just guitars and screaming (I really love guitars and screaming, though). Bloom and Depression Cherry remain my favorite Beach House albums. These albums remind me, for no apparent reason of time spent on the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland, or more broadly, of summer in general. It's particularly odd because I don't think I've ever listened to a Beach House album repeatedly during summertime, nor have I ever listened to Beach House while in Ocean City. Strange how the mind works sometimes.
I like "Lemon Glow" a little too much. It's a more forward, potent dream pop song with a heavy dose of eerie synths and pleasant, albeit also eerie vocals of Victoria Legrand. It's not pop in the traditional sense by any means; if you think it is even remotely comparable to Katy Perry, please give it a listen. I think its one of my favorite songs from Beach House, as it is Beach House doing Beach House best. It almost reminds me of some songs off of Ulver's last album The Assassination of Julius Caesar, particularly "Nemoralia" and "Transverberation". The synths sounds like they could have been played on the same keyboard, and the drums near the end of the song remind me greatly of Ulver, to the point that I legitimately thought that "So Falls the World" was about to play.
This is my first song review, so my scoring cannot be compared to my album reviews, seeing as how an album is an entirely different medium than a song. I'm going to give this song a 9.0/10 and am really looking forward to the coming Beach House album.
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