Bloom

Bloom is the fourth studio album by American dream pop duo Beach House. It was released on May 15, 2012, through Sub Pop in the United States. It was released internationally by Bella Union in Europe, Mistletone Records in Australia, and Arts & Crafts in Mexico. The entire album was arranged and performed by the duo, with Daniel Franz handling live drums and percussion, and lead vocalist Victoria Legrand handling the songwriting on all of the tracks. Alongside the duo, the album was produced by Chris Coady, who worked with them for the second time, following his contributions on their third studio album, Teen Dream, which was widely regarded as their breakthrough album. In March 2011, Beach House began writing Bloom as their main focus after touring for Teen Dream, with some songs being written years prior and while on tour. They recorded the album twice; they first composed demos at their practice space in Baltimore and they later began recording them in 2011 at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, which took a period of nine weeks to accomplish. While recording, they relied on a 24-track analog tape to record the tracks and avoided the usage of the studio's instruments. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_(...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)