Beach House announce new album ‘7’

Beach House announce new album '7', share new single "Dive"
Beach House '7'

Beach House will release 7, on May 11 via Sub Pop. All of the songs on 7 began in Beach House’s home studio in Baltimore, and were finished at Carriage House in Stamford, CT and Palmetto Studio in Los Angeles. The album was mixed by Alan Moulder. Today, the band is sharing their new single “Dive” ahead of the albums’s release.

Beach House (Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand) released B-sides and Rarities in 2017, which served as a proverbial “cleaning out the closet” to pave way for a new creative process. Their approach in the creation of 7 was rebirth and rejuvenation. Scally and Legrand used to limit themselves to what they thought they could perform live, but this time that limitation was ignored. Also, instead of one long studio session, Beach House recorded when inspired by batches of songs, which resulted in five mini-sessions over the course of eleven months.

Unlike the last four albums, 7 didn’t have a producer in the traditional sense. Spacemen 3’s Sonic Boom (Peter Kember) became a significant force on this record by shedding conventions and helping to keep the songs alive, fresh, and protected from the destructive elements of recording studio overproduction and over-perfection. The band’s trusted live drummer from 2016 to the present, James Barone, played on the entire record, helping to keep rhythm at the center of a lot of these songs.

Beach House has also scheduled a massive, worldwide tour in support of 7 beginning April 30th in Chattanooga, TN at the Signal and ending October 20th in Dublin, IE at Vicar Street. This includes the album release show in Mexico City.

Beach House Live

Apr. 30 – Chattanooga, TN – The Signal
May 01 – New Orleans, LA – Civic Theatre
May 02 – Little Rock, AR – Metroplex Live
May 04 – Oxford, MS – The Lyric
May 05 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
May 07 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre
May 08 – El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls
May 11 – Mexico City, MX – Auditorio Blackberry (ALBUM RELEASE SHOW)
May 13 – Mayer, AZ – Form Arcosanti
Jun. 02 – Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound
Jul. 26 – Philadelphia, PA – Tower Theatre
Jul. 27 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
Jul. 28 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
Jul. 30 – Dallas, TX – Bomb Factory
Jul. 31 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at the Moody Theatre
Aug. 02 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
Aug. 03 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fairbanks Lawn at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Aug. 05 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory at North Park
Aug. 07 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre
Aug. 10 – Portland, OR – Keller Auditorium
Aug. 12 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum Theatre
Aug. 14 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
Aug. 15 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
Aug. 17 – St. Paul, MN – The Palace Theatre
Aug. 18 – Chicago, Il – Chicago Theatre
Aug. 19 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
Aug. 20 – Toronto, ON – Sony Centre
Aug. 22 – New York, NY – United Palace Theatre
Aug. 23 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre
Aug. 24 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
Aug. 25 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
Sep. 25 – Lisbon, Portugal – Coliseu dos Recreios
Sep. 26 – Porto, Portugal – Teatro sa da Bandeira
Sep. 30 – Lyon, France – Epicerie Moderne
Oct. 01 – Köln, DE – Gloria
Oct. 02 – Berlin, DE – Huxleys
Oct. 04 – Lund, SE – Mejeriet
Oct. 05 – Gothenburg, SE – Trädgar’n
Oct. 07 – Oslo, NO – Rockefeller Music Hall
Oct. 08 – Stockholm, SE- Münchenbryggeriet
Oct. 09 – Copenhagen, DK – Forum Black Box
Oct. 11 – Hamburg, DE – Kampnagel
Oct. 12 – Utrecht, NL – TivoliVredenburg
Oct. 13 – Brussels, BE – AB
Oct. 15 – Paris, FR – Olympia
Oct. 18 – London, UK – Troxy
Oct. 19 – Manchester, UK – Albert Hall
Oct. 20 – Dublin, IE – Vicar Street

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