Artist: Beach House Review: The title's at least half-right. Buoyed by reverb-swathed guitars and the dusky torch singing of Victoria Legrand, Baltimore's Beach House have been the dream-pop duo to beat since 2006. They're more radiant than ever on their third disc, particularly on songs like "Zebra," with background chorales swooping over stately guitar plucking. The band is enraptured by the grandeur of Phil Spector and Brill Building teen pop, but there's no puppy love in the romantic fatalism on these songs ("You would... Rating: 3.5 Stars

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