Before I begin talking about this month’s “Band of the Month” I would first like to explain how I came upon this group. Recently I have started training at WUVT, (90.7 Blacksburg) the student run college radio station at Virignia Tech. Every Friday my co-host Roland and I have an hour and half show in the practice studio at WUVT (pronounced Whoo-Vit). By next semester we should have our own shown that will be broadcasting on the air and online. When we have our own live show, we will have full control over what we will be playing but at the moment we do not. Every training DJ is required to play 9 songs from the rotation of the newest albums the station has received. At first I was skeptical about playing music during our show that neither my co-host and I have ever heard of. That was until our first show while we were rushing to find a CD to play we threw in the newest Beach House album and went with track one.
Our first show was honestly a mess, we got to the studio five minutes before we were supposed to start, meaning we never had time to pick out music what we wanted to play. During our show we spent most of our time trying to find more music to play rather than listening to what we were playing. Before we randomly put in the Beach House album to fit our nine rotation albums requirement, Roland and I barely even got to sit down to even listen to our music because we were always rushing to find more. Once we put in Beach House’s new self titled album, everything stopped. The rush of Beach House’s dream-pop musical styles filled our studio and instantly brought peace to the bustle of our show. Somewhere along those lines I believe that’s exactly what Beach House intended their music to be, a mindless escape from the bustle of life. You won’t find any fast paced tracks on any of their albums but what you will find are a pool of slowly developing tracks that will force you to stop whatever you’re doing and simply enjoy the nostalgic of state of mind their music puts you in.
[Beach House - Zebra]
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