"BANDZ A MAKE HER DANCE!": The Singles, 2012

Big Wave.

03/Beach House/Myth

In the final act of this song, words fail Victoria Legrand for there is nothing else to say. The music swells as if it's set to hit a crescendo as the billowing guitars nearly echo and repeat Victoria's words from before. And then it ends. Exiting exactly how it entered, calmly. It and Victoria have made their case. The sirens call and the music stops. The thrill is gone. As it is in the courtship held between the lovers at the center of this song. Myth is an announcement. An acknowledgement that the fire has gone out, and this thing we have here may all be a charade. And what do we have here? Is it love? Is it right? "Help me to name it..." This (re)quest and search for sanity runs through the dialogue and music presented here, as Myth operates on that hauntingly lush plateau Beach House so comfortably sits upon. The ethereal structure rises and falls like the stability of this partnership, going toe to toe with the inner turmoil present in the lyrics. It's the one thing that remains constant. The only place where certainty lies. And it's a sweet escape. Momentary bliss, if only for a little while.



04/Fun. featuring Janelle Monae/We Are Young

05/Nicki Minaj & 2 Chainz/Beez in the Trap

06/Dirty Projectors/About to Die & Gun Has No Trigger

07/Schoolboy Q & A$AP Rocky/Hands on the Wheel

08/Grimes/Oblivion

09/Solange/Losing You 

10/Usher/Climax

11/G.O.O.D. Music Group/Clique & Mercy

12/Bat For Lashes/All Your Gold AND Bruno Mars/Locked Out of Heaven

13/Justice/New Lands

14/Tame Impala/Feels Like We Only Go Backwards

15/Santigold/Big Mouth

16/Frank Ocean/Sweet Life

17/Elle Varner/Refill

18/A$AP Mob & Flatbush Zombies/Bath Salt

19/R.Kelly/Feelin' Single

20/Hot Chip/How Do You Do?

21/Rihanna/Where Have You Been

22/Madonna/Girl Gone Wild

23/Kendrick Lamar/Swimming Pools (Drank)

24/E-40, YG, IAMSU, & Problem/Function AND Odd Future/Oldie

25/Taylor Swift/We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together