Beach House

Beach House is an American dream pop band formed in Baltimore in 2004, consisting of current members Victoria Legrand (vocals, keyboards) and Alex Scally (guitar, keyboard, backing vocals, drum programming), who both met in Baltimore's indie scene, and James Barone (drums, percussion, bass), who joined as an official member in 2022 after touring prominently with them since 2016. The band has been regarded by journalists and critics as rejuvenating the genre of dream pop for newer generations.

Prior to forming Beach House, Legrand and Scally met in Baltimore, and were members of another band, Daggerhearts, which disbanded in 2005 due to dysfunctionality. Thereafter, both decided to write music together, as their wish to form a band. They first gained international recognition in 2006, after their song "Apple Orchard" was featured on Pitchfork's Infinite Mixtape series, subsequently releasing their self-titled debut album in October of that year, through Carpark Records. They released their second studio album Devotion in February 2008, which became their first album to debut on the US Billboard 200 and their final release under Carpark. In 2009, they signed onto Sub Pop, which allowed them to promote their third studio album Teen Dream, which was released to critical acclaim in January 2010; it is often considered their breakthrough album.

They followed the success of Teen Dream by releasing their fourth studio album Bloom in May 2012, which was met with similar acclaim and commercially successful, peaking at number seven on the Billboard 200. They later released two albums in 2015; Depression Cherry was released in August and peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200, while Thank Your Lucky Stars was surprise-released two months later. The band shifted their musical style on their seventh album 7 (2018), after releasing a compilation album in 2017. The band gained more attention in 2021, after their 2015 promotional single "Space Song" went viral on social platforms, primarily TikTok. In February 2022, the band released their eighth studio album Once Twice Melody, which was released in four chapters starting November 2021.