This show was originally scheduled for The Echo, but when they pushed the early show from 6:30 to 8:30, and then realized the amount of people that were in line, they moved it downstairs (literally) to the Echoplex.
Balitmore's Beach House is consisted of singer/keyboardist Victoria Legrand, and guitarist Alex Scally (who has only been playing guitar for 4 years, when the band formed!). Together they craft tranquilizing tunes and melancholy melodies that have been known to produce an opiate like effect on listeners. This ain't your Friday night jamz (don't click on that, and don't say I didn't warn you!); these are downer songs...but everyone needs a downer sometimes, right?
The Echoplex filled up with a room full of scenester zombies, who didn't talk much, didn't move much, hell, I don't even know if they were breathing. But that's the way it goes when you're the living dead, I suppose.
They opened with album opener "Wedding Bell" off their amazing recently released sophomore LP Devotion. WOW! This isn't shoegaze, I don't understand why they needed the volume so damn high! It did not help their sound at all!
They went on to play tracks such as "You Came to Me", "Apple Orchard", and Devotion's first single "Gila", which is indie's answer to that really fucking Rihanna song "Umbrella". God I hate that shit so much.
Highlight of the night? Answer: THE DAILY DOUBLE! What is: a very drowsy cover of Daniel Johnston's "Some Things Last"!
Beach House sounded just as good live as on their two albums, which I absolutely fucking love, by the way, and highly recommend going to pick them up RIGHT NOW! I would not rush to see them at a standing venue again, however, as this is music best suited for mopy midnight mattress melt-aways (what a great band name!). They are about to embark upon a large European tour with some Washington's finest Fleet Foxes, one of my favorite new artists of the year!!!
Beach House - Gila
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