Beach House have announced plans to release a new album, Depression Cherry, which is accompanied by a world tour (see dates below) and is set to drop on August 28 via Sub Pop in North America. And here’s the (arguably) best part: The sleeve for the LP and CD (pictured above) will be made of red velvet. Describing their follow-up to 2012’s Bloom, Scally and Legrand — whose 2010 record Teen Dream was recently featured in SPIN‘s 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years — said in a press release:
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. 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…
Check out the album’s track list below:
Depression Cherry track list:
1. “Levitation”
2. “Sparks”
3. “Space Song”
4. “Beyond Love”
5. “10:37”
6. “PPP”
7. “Wildflower”
8. “Bluebird”
9. “Days of Candy”
Beach House tour dates:
August 18 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre
August 19 – Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street Nightclub
August 20 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
August 21 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
August 22 – Millvale, PA @ Mr. Small’s
August 24 – Albany, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
August 25 – Providence, RI @ Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
August 26 – New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall
September 17 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
September 18 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
September 19 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Theatre
September 21 – Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theatre
September 22 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
September 25 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
September 26 – Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall
September 27 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
September 28 – Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall
September 29 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
September 1 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues
September 2 – New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theatre
October 3 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn
October 4 – Nashville, TN @ The Ryman Auditorium
October 6 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
October 7 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
October 8 – Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom
October 24 – Belfast, Northern Ireland @ Mandela Hall
October 25 – Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street
October 26 – Glasgow, Scotland @ ABC
October 27 – Manchester, England @ The Ritz
October 29 – Paris, France @ Pitchfork Music Festival Paris
October 30 – London, England – Shepherds Bush Empire
November 2 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
November 3 – Brussels, Belgium – Autumn Falls @ AB
November 4 – Koln, Germany – Gloria
November 5 – Luxemborg, Luxemborg – Den Atelier
November 7 – Reykjavik, Iceland – Iceland Airwaves
November 10 – Oslo, Norway – Sentrum Scene
November 11 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Tradgarn
November 12 – Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser Medis
November 13 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
November 14 – Hamburg, Germany – Kampnagel K1
November 16 – Berlin, Germany – Huxley’s
November 17 – Munich, Germany – Freiheiz
November 18 – Lausanne, Germany – Les Docks
November 20 – Barcelona, Spain – Apolo
November 22 – Madrid, Spain – La Riviera
November 23 – Lisbon, Portugal – Armazén
November 24 – Porto, Portugal – Teatro sa da Bandeira
December 9 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre
December 10 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre
December 17 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
December 18 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
