Teen Dream
Beach House

This was great ... for the first little while, but I grew tired of them. The 'instant five!' I was feeling after the first two songs dwindled considerably over the course of the album. Though I appreciated all of the repetitive electronica, I felt like I was watching the soundtrack to a murky coming-of-age teen drama that only goes in circles. Granted, there would've been a time in my life that I may have thought this was a great use of 49 minutes on repeat, but eventually you get kicked out of your apartment, have your cell phone shutoff and get your car towed because you've refused to grow up or change. This is the album that fills in time before all of that happens.

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