Great Expectations
October 8, 2012Events

Great Expectations

Photo by Liz Flyntz When a band births a fantastic album, a sense of dread often accompanies the excitement surrounding its next release. In the case of Beach House, 2010’s Teen Dream was as close to flawless as an album gets. Beautiful, ethereal, with a charming sense of simplicity. But could these Baltimore indie darlings do it again? Yes, yes they can. 2012’s Bloom is haunting and perfectly polished, with a delicate layering of tiptoe-esque instrumentation that leads to a powerful conclusion within each track. Take “Lazuli,” with its chill-inducing first notes, steadily building toward the ending: “Like no other/You…

BY Cristina Daglas


Photo by Liz Flyntz
When a band births a fantastic album, a sense of dread often accompanies the excitement surrounding its next release. In the case of Beach House, 2010’s Teen Dream was as close to flawless as an album gets. Beautiful, ethereal, with a charming sense of simplicity. But could these Baltimore indie darlings do it again? Yes, yes they can. 2012’s Bloom is haunting and perfectly polished, with a delicate layering of tiptoe-esque instrumentation that leads to a powerful conclusion within each track. Take “Lazuli,” with its chill-inducing first notes, steadily building toward the ending: “Like no other/You can’t be replaced.” Goosebump-worthy, it’s a feeling sure to accompany the duo’s highly anticipated Pabst Theater show. Thankfully, without dread.
 
Beach House (Oct. 10). Pabst Theater. 144 E. Wells St., 414-286-3663, pabsttheater.org. 

Cristina Daglas
Cristina Daglas is a former editor of Milwaukee Magazine. A Chicago-area native, Daglas has toiled in journalism in various locales - Chicago, Madison, Missouri, Washington, D.C., New York City. In 2009, she joined Milwaukee Magazine's staff as an assistant editor, taking on the role of managing editor in 2011 and editor in February 2012. Prior to Milwaukee, Daglas logged time at The Capital Times, Isthmus and Washingtonian magazine in Washington, D.C. She also edited Vox in Columbia, Mo., and was a contributing editor for The Business Times Company. Daglas holds a B.A. in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an M.A. in journalism from the University of Missouri, where she was awarded the Thurgood Marshall Fellowship.

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