Depression Cherry

Beach House is Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally. We have been a band for over a decade, living and working in Baltimore, MD. Depression Cherry is our 5th full-length record. This record follows the release of our self-titled album in 2006, Devotion in 2008, Teen Dream in 2010 and Bloom in 2012. Depression Cherry was recorded at Studio in the Country in Bogalusa, Louisiana from November €14 through January €15. This time period crossed the anniversaries of both John Lennon€s and Roy Orbison€s death. In general, this record shows a return to simplicity, with songs structured around a melody and a few instruments, with live drums playing a far lesser role. With the growing success of Teen Dream and Bloom, the larger stages and bigger rooms naturally drove us towards a louder, more aggressive place; a place farther from our natural tendencies. Here, we continue to let ourselves evolve while fully ignoring the commercial context in which we exist. Here are a few quotes that we feel relate to the feeling and themes of this record: €" "I€ll never be able to be here again. As the minutes slide by, I move on. The flow of time is something I cannot stop. I haven€t a choice. I go. One caravan has stopped, another starts up. There are people I have yet to meet, others I€ll never see again. People who are gone before you know it, people who are just passing through. Even as we exchange hellos, they seem to grow transparent. I must keep living with the flowing river before my eyes.€ - from Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto €" €œWe inhabit a world in which the future promises endless possibilities and the past lies irretrievably behind us. The arrow of time€¦ is the medium of creativity in terms of which life can be understood.€ - from The Arrow of Time by Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield €" €œMostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.€ €“ from Parerga and Paralipmena by Arthur Schopenhauer €" "Hark, now hear the sailors cry, feel the air and see the sky, let your soul and spirit fly, into the mystic€¦when the fog horn blows, i want to hear it, i don€t have to fear it€ - from €œInto the Mystic€ by Van Morrison For us, Depression Cherry is a color, a place, a feeling, an energy that describes the place you arrive as you move through the endlessly varied trips of existence.