Bloom is the fourth album release from Beach House. The album sounds like a melodic dream beginning and ending in the time span of an hour. 
For the listener, early track ‘Lazuli’ is gentle, laid-back and effortless, creating a dazed state of mind. Victoria Legrand spoke of ‘Lazuli’ directly: “I fall in love with words. I felt like it had a real imagination to it.” This summarizes the album it epitomises. ‘The Hours’ also contributes to this relaxed and breezy sound, whilst ‘Troublemaker’ is more harmonic and upbeat. The repetition of the lyric “someone like you” highlights its depth and the new, more profound lyrical progression that the band have made from their debut, entitled Beach House, and their last release Teen Dream in 2010.
This lazed tranquility is continued throughout the album; however, tracks such as ‘Wild’ and ‘Other People’ create diversity in tempo. ‘Myth’ is the first single release from the album; the chorus is prominent and euphoric, helping the song stand out in the album. Its opening chimes are consistent, shaped by Legrand’s vocals, “drifting in and out” and slowly rising to create a beautiful climactic moment in the lyric “Let you know you’re not the only one”.
It’s easy to see why the duo chose this as the first release, it symbolises what the album is about. It is poetic and Victoria Legrand’s vocals progress throughout, creating a concluding sound of ethereal beauty.
The lyrics are deep and invite the listener to hear thought provoking and meaningful statements yet at the same time allow room for the audience to interpret. The album is a beautiful creation from Beach House, and is a perfect and mellow summer album that is worth investing within.
Its similarities to Teen Dream may be apparent, but the phrase ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’, resonates and applies directly to Bloom as Beach House have created another work of art.
