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10.0
79383
10.0 |
God Is In The TV
An excellent addition to the formidable Beach House canon
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9.1
79320
9.1 |
A.V. Club
Stands out due to its simplicity
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9.0
79365
9.0 |
Art Rocker
Although Legrand and Scally’s chemistry remains utterly intoxicating, the true triumph on Depression Cherry is how they resist the urge to fix what was never broken
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9.0
79239
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
This is music that lingers in the mind and seeps into the bones. And while you can view it as melancholic, Scally and Legrand never dwell on sentimentality or allow anything to sink into despondency
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9.0
79258
9.0 |
Exclaim
The sweeping, grand gesture they've been working up to giving us for the last nine years
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8.5
79285
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Depression Cherry is a beautiful record about darker times being a point in a journey, not the final destination
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8.5
79304
8.5 |
The 405
An amazing new album, one of the best released so far this year
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8.5
79369
8.5 |
Earbuddy
An accomplished and well composed dream-pop record
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8.5
79422
8.5 |
Crack
Yet again, Beach House make sadness sound endlessly alluring
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8.4
79174
8.4 |
Pitchfork
From their muted first two records, into their Sub Pop debut Teen Dream and then Bloom, Beach House always seem to be just leaving the ground as we catch them
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8.2
79302
8.2 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Beach House’s music has always been in part about escape – it’s right there in the name – and Depression Cherry is no different
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8.0
79984
8.0 |
Time Out
The whole fuzzy, sepia synth-drenched thing sits between melancholic and sugary
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8.0
79175
8.0 |
Clash
Whilst haters could accuse the duo of being a one trick pony, you must ask yourself if you truly care when the pony is so damn gorgeous
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8.0
79185
8.0 |
Uncut
Moments of transcendence achieved with grace and finesse
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8.0
79207
8.0 |
Spin
Forebears like Cocteau Twins and Slowdive remain the easiest comparisons of emotional blank slates, but neither landmark band was ever all-consuming as the placidity of Depression Cherry
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8.0
79216
8.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Depression Cherry retreats from the sonic advances of Teen Dream and Bloom toward a primitive and stripped down sound
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8.0
79165
8.0 |
Gig Soup
Beach House have somewhat achieved a hat trick of great records
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8.0
79166
8.0 |
The Music
Not as cinematic and accessible as Bloom, it's a much stranger, much stronger record
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8.0
79170
8.0 |
The Skinny
A minimalist collection of songs that meditate on transience and loss
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8.0
79323
8.0 |
The Guardian
It’s more of the same, but different
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8.0
79328
8.0 |
The Irish Times
It’s seductive, slo-mo breathtaking business as usual
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8.0
79313
8.0 |
All Music
It's a grower that demands and rewards close listening
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8.0
79264
8.0 |
NOW
It's a downtempo album, especially its sleepier last third, but unlike its title suggests, it's not even a little depressing
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7.7
79269
7.7 |
Paste Magazine
The duo’s knack for crafting thoughtful, enveloping songs makes their return more than welcome
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7.5
79171
7.5 |
Under The Radar
The band shows growth, though not all of it positive, while expanding on their signature sound
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7.5
79168
7.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
That it lays the groundwork for innovation and seems reluctant to capitalize on it is the only real disappointment
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7.0
79281
7.0 |
musicOMH
This is a Beach House record that sounds, above all else, like a Beach House record
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7.0
79361
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Throughout the album, Legrand's lyrics conjure vivid experience
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6.0
79293
6.0 |
DIY
It’s not unfamiliar in the good sense, and it’s an odd outlier in an otherwise brilliant back-catalogue
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6.0
79183
6.0 |
Mojo
They prove how much beauty they can generate with a careful adjustment of the dials. Print edition only
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6.0
79184
6.0 |
Q
A great example of a band hanging on to their trademark sound and managing to create something fresh with it. Print edition only
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6.0
79172
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
Depression Cherry's flabby midsection finds Beach House similarly situated: treading repeatedly over the same ground, yielding diminishing returns
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6.0
79173
6.0 |
PopMatters
The record falls into a creeping, achromatic daze far more ambitious than it is visionary
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6.0
79167
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Though beautiful, Depression Cherry is hard to love
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6.0
79163
6.0 |
The Observer
If Depression Cherry sounds as though they are stuck in a groove, well, they are. But it is a groove worth wallowing in
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6.0
79405
6.0 |
State
Beach House’s music will always sound gorgeous, but here’s hoping that the duo look to challenge themselves a little more on their next effort
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5.8
79169
5.8 |
Consequence Of Sound
The result is a dream that’s hard to remember once you’re outside of it
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5.0
79164
5.0 |
NME
This is one fairytale losing its magic in the retelling
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4.0
79396
4.0 |
The FT
It’s all very vague and unassuming
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