Day 1: Favorite Song (Better Times – Beach House)

From the opening, the unexpected rising and falling of notes, the meeting of insrumentals and vocals, to the sheer desperation of its lyrics — everything about Beach House’s Better Times (from their latest album, Teen Dream) resonates to how an old worn out part of myself feels. The good thing is that I have control over this closing and opening motion. Valve-like. Makes me picture out a left ventricle and the aorta.

Listening to them reminds me of Mazzy Star and Fleetwood Mac. Alex Scally’s guitars side by side Victoria Legrand’s voice and droning keyboard. Perfect duo for any hippie high on daydream and sometimes troubled by casual heartaches.

Beach House

If I were to die today, you can write on my epitaph, “Death by Repetitive Audio-induced Heartbreak”. I eat drama for breakfast MWF, so FTW.

“How much longer can you play with fire before you turn into a liar?” – Better Times (Beach House)

Victoria and Alex

Oh, and BIG THANK YOU to Masaya for sharing me this 30-day list called, daily meme.