The Teen Dream that won't end up with you on To Catch a Predator AKA Beach House

[Danny Boy]

Bloom is now streaming on NPR First Listen. I'm going to give it a spin.

First Listen: Beach House, 'Bloom' : NPR

Best Coast is streaming this week as well.

 

[Imperor]

I'm sure this will get seven or eight listens from me come morning. Best Coast maybe half a listen. Not at all excited for that after the single.

 

[Danny Boy]

I see they've pulled the old "hidden track at the end of the final track after several minutes of silence" thing. Come on, guys, that was lame in the CD era and doubly so in the digital media age, particularly on a stream.

Otherwise excellent.

 

[iron yuppie]

The wait is over. I can't wait to give it a listen later today.

 

[PhilsFan]

If anything on that album is as good as Myth, I will probably soil myself.

 

[LemonMelon]

If anything on that album is as good as Myth, I will probably soil myself.

Lazuli. Troublemaker.

The hidden track is pretty dope too. The 'House always wins.

 

[Jive Turkey]

the 'house always wins.

YYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

clf

 

[LemonMelon]

Everything's coming up Beach House!

 

[iron yuppie]

Wow, there are some real gems on this album. I'm not sure yet if it is as consistent as Teen Dream, which was remarkably so, but I already love several of Bloom's songs after two listens.

 

[PhilsFan]

 

[Danny Boy]

I was going to listen to this stream just once and then wait for the vinyl to arrive, but I'm already on my fourth listen.

 

[Imperor]

Starting my second now. My copy shipped yesterday though, so I'd imagine yours did too. I should have it Thursday or Friday. Hopefully it's a glowie since my buddy couldn't get a ticket to the Bowery.

 

[Imperor]

This "hidden track" bullshit is so monumentally stupid that it's going to adversely affect how I view the album.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Yeah, whats up with that? And it was a long break between the two songs

 

[iron yuppie]

It's nostalgia, guys. I think.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Meh, make it an extra track or only have 30 seconds of silence... Not several minutes..

 

[Imperor]

Don't do it at all. Hopefully the LP doesn't feature such nincompoopery.

 

[Danny Boy]

Yes, several minutes of silence on the LP would really be over the top.

If the MP3 download has the same format, I will be doing some editing with Fission.

 

[Imperor]

The coda of "Irene" ends the album on such a nice note anyway, why ruin it? Leave the b sides on a b side.

 

[LemonMelon]

This "hidden track" bullshit is so monumentally stupid that it's going to adversely affect how I view the album.

Really? I guess I've grown used to this. Kid A was twice as bad; it had two gaps, and one of them had nothing following it. I never hear anyone complain about that.

Anyway, it's going to be on the vinyl based on what I've read.

 

[Danny Boy]

This has always driven me crazy and I've been manually separating bonus tracks when ripping CDs for years. The US version of one of Travis' albums has three bonus tracks tacked onto the last track. I'll be doing the same with Bloom.

I understand the novelty of this back in the CD era, but in the age of playlists and shuffle play, nobody wants a 16 minute track with 5 minutes of silence in the middle.

 

[LemonMelon]

The only reason I care is because, as you mentioned, the 16 minute tracks are unusable for playlists. Otherwise, it takes all of 5 seconds to skip ahead.

A hidden track on a vinyl is a different matter. I've never confronted that, honestly. I would assume it's all one long groove with no indication of where the next track begins? That would be a bitch.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Otherwise, it takes all of 5 seconds to skip ahead.

Remember fastforwarding to the next track on tapes? Play and FF at the same time, sit back and wait for the mechanics to clunk back into place

 

[bono_212]

Remember fastforwarding to the next track on tapes? Play and FF at the same time, sit back and wait for the mechanics to clunk back into place

When I was a kid and I saw my mom do that for the first time, I was all like

 

[Danny Boy]

I had one of the original full-size Sony minidisc decks back in the early 90's. If you copied a CD to minidisc and there were long gaps of silence, it would automatically split the individual tracks up and delete the gaps.

 

[u2popmofo]

I had one of the original full-size Sony minidisc decks back in the early 90's. If you copied a CD to minidisc and there were long gaps of silence, it would automatically split the individual tracks up and delete the gaps.

I forgot about MD's having that functionality. That was nice.

I've always liked hidden tracks personally. I only get annoyed when I have to listen to some of the silence just so Last FM will properly scrobble the song before I can skip.

 

[PhilsFan]

I stopped using Last.FM for a brief time when I got a new laptop and realized I didn't care at all that I had stopped using it, so I just never went back.

 

[u2popmofo]

It's mostly pointless, but I've always liked statistics. It really helps a ton on deciding my year end list, I can just take a look at Last FM and see what I listened to the most that year.

Anywayz, I can't decide if I'll listen to the stream or wait.

 

[iron yuppie]

If the length in front of the hidden track is the worst complaint that arises about this album, I'd say that the thing must be pretty damn strong.

 

[LemonMelon]

Bloom is abusing my last.fm right now. After not really liking Beach House all that much for a couple of years, they're now my second most played artist of the past 3 months (behind Swans).