Depression Cherry

Album Summary

Depression Cherry is the fifth studio album by the American dream pop duo Beach House. It was released on August 28, 2015, through Sub Pop in the United States, Bella Union in Europe, Mistletone Records in Australia, Hostess Entertainment in Japan and Arts & Crafts in Mexico. Serving as a follow-up to their previous album Bloom (2012), the album was arranged and performed entirely by the duo, while the songs were written by lead vocalist Victoria Legrand. The duo additionally produced it alongside Chris Coady, being his third time working with the group. After touring in support of their previous album Bloom, Beach House took a six-month break. During this break, they insisted on not thinking about developing an album, additionally reacting to their dissatisfaction with incorporating live drums on tour. They would return to a simpler style of dream pop arrangements for Depression Cherry, relying on less usage of live drums and instead constructing around drum machine rhythms, similar to the musical styles of their first two studio albums. The duo began looking for musical inspiration and began writing songs for the album between 2012 and 2014. They later began recording the entire album at Studio in the Country in Bogalusa, Louisiana, from November 2014 to January 2015. Before joining each other in the studio, the duo sent Coady several demo recordings. To promote Depression Cherry, the duo released its lead single, "Sparks", on July 1, 2015, and previewed album tracks "PPP" and "Beyond Love" during an interview on August 6, 2015. Despite the album being leaked on the Internet during the same month, it was released to mostly positive reviews from critics, with some likening its musical approach to the band's first two studio albums, while some criticized its repetitiveness. It debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200, with 27,000 copies sold. They further supported the album by going on a concert tour from August to December 2017. Less than two months after releasing Depression Cherry, Beach House followed it up with their sixth studio album, Thank Your Lucky Stars, which they described as not a companion. Years after its release, the album earned an increased commercial reception after its promotional single, "Space Song", went viral on social media platforms, primarily TikTok. A sleeper hit, the song had an increase of streams through this virality and its usage in the 2022 Netflix series Wednesday. In 2025, the song was certified quadruple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), while the album was certified platinum in 2026, being their first album to earn such designation. It also received a gold certification in New Zealand.

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