THE DANMAN CAN

1.    Spoon   Lucifer On The Sofa  ****1/2 ( Review ) 2.    Kavinsky Reborn   **** 3.    Beach House   Once Twice Melody  **** 4.    Osees   A Foul Form **** 5.    Angel Olsen   Big Time   **** ( Review ) 6.    Röyksopp Profound Mysteries II   **** 7.    Röyksopp   Profound Mysteries III   **** 8.    JB Dunckel Carbon   **** 9.    Lovelock   Someone **** 10.  Eels   Extreme Witchcraft  **** ( Review ) 11. New Freedom Sound Eight Freedoms **** 12.  Fujiya & Miyagi   Slight Variations ***1/2 13. The Smile   A Light For Attracting Attention ***1/2 14.  Metric   Formentera ***1/2  15. Röyksopp   Profound Mysteries   ***1/2 16. Tears For Fears   The Tipping Point ***1/2 17. Automatic Excess ***1/2 18.  Placebo   Never Let Me Go ***1/2 19.  Björ...

1.    Artificial Pleasure   Artificial Pleasure   ****1/2 ( Review ) 2.    Jonathan Bree   Sleepwalking  ****1/2 ( Review ) 3.    Parquet Courts   Wide Awake!   **** ( Review ) 4.    Beach House   7  **** ( Review ) 5.    Chromeo   Head Over Heels  **** ( Review ) 6.    A Perfect Circle   Eat The Elephant   ***1/2 ( Review ) 7.    Mirah   Understanding   ***1/2 ( Review ) 8.    Metric   Art Of Doubt  ***1/2 ( Review ) 9.    Interpol   Marauder   ***1/2 ( Review ) 10.  Poster Children   Grand Bargain!   ***1/2 ( Review )

On 7  (2018),  Beach House   may have just perfected their sound. While not my favorite album by the duo (that would be 2012's Bloom ), they've managed to take their dream pop to the next level. They've made an incredibly slick and accessible LP, full of tunes to fill your head or any room you're in with waves of sonic beauty (and at times dissonance). The mood throughout feels familiar yet fresh and it's the kind of album you can put on when your own mood varies—from somber to optimistic.