Hey you! Come sit down, I was just about to see what’s on TV. Oh look! Degrassi’s on! Oh my god, it’s a marathon. Awesome. Wait, why are you getting up? Where are you going? What do you mean you don’t like Degrassi?! Do you also dislike free samples and Mexican beer?! Yeah, I get that we were both in high school a long time ago. So what? Well, of course the writing and acting are awful! I don’t think you get it. It would be really hard to laugh at how ridiculous the plots and characters are if I actually identified with them. Look, instead of arguing with me, why don’t you just leave? The episode where Spinner gets shot is on and I want to watch it in peace.
A stone cold serious Guest Dealbreaker written by Erika.
TORI!!!!
YESYESYES!!!
Seriously, I don’t care if we have the greatest sex ever, the greatest conversation, and you are my perfect match, if you don’t know what im talking about when I mention “THE BLOWJOB EPISODE” we are through.
Victoria Legrand has had an awesome year, I would assume. Contributing vocals to two of my favourite Grizzly Bear songs; “Two Weeks” & the not-so-guilty pleasure of “Slow Life” from the Twilight: New Moon Soundtrack. These would not be the same without her beautiful vocals. Incontrovertible! Touring alongside Grizzly Bear undoubtably was pretty rad too.
Forgive me if I am way excited about Teen Dream. Hopefully you are too, and that makes it easy.
Shying away from the nap time dynamics of their Self-titled and Devotion releases, Beach House has bumped up the scale of their songs. The pieces are all the same: Clean slide guitar, drum machines, rich organ textures/melody drones, and of course Victoria’s longing vocals. In many ways its a natural evolution. The guitar is more varied with a larger sound platte. The drum machines feel less preset-esq, while still retaining their simplistic charm. The organ textures remain the same, but this is for the best.
And the songwriting has improved too. The lead single “Norway” shows a refined design and stronger nod to the pop in their dream pop. Teen Dream definitely has Beach House’s past charms (yay!) included with its own unique and engaging personality.
