Beach House - Forever Still

From beachousebaltimore.com: Before releasing Bloom, we decided that we would only participate in “promotional” activities that we could control artistically and give substantial energy. We had previously been involved in too many live sessions, radio tapings, photo shoots, etc., where the outcome was far below our personal artistic standards. We also felt a need to distance ourselves from the “content” culture of the internet that rewards quantity over quality and shock over nuance.

The concept for Forever Still was about a year old when Pitchfork came to us about supporting and collaborating with us on a project that we really cared about

Forever Still is directly inspired by Pink Floyd’s Live at Pompeii. We wanted to perform in a non-typical setting without losing the spirit of our music. We felt the songs would resonate in a more majestic and spiritual landscape. The experience was an intense three nights of filming. Everyone involved in production and crew was benevolent in their time and talented in their efforts. We were very lucky to have the help and hard work of many people who aided and lent their abilities to our vision.

The basic concept is four songs performed from sunset to sunrise.
We tried to keep the edits minimal with long takes in order to focus on the energy of the songs, the landscape, and the physicality of live performance. The entire film was shot in or around Tornillo, Texas, where we recorded Bloom. Like Bloom, we hope that Forever Still is experienced as a whole, long form.
shagen454says...

you should beg this one out, man. Might not be Pompeii, and even though I love early Floyd, Floyd could never play with my emotions so easily like this band can even if they are not as good as they once were. I have a deep well of hope they will return one day and blow everything away.

chingalerasays...

They already have-Oldsters constantly touring, what more do you need but other similarly inspired future super-duper-groupers??

shagen454said:

you should beg this one out, man. Might not be Pompeii, and even though I love early Floyd, Floyd could never play with my emotions so easily like this band can even if they are not as good as they once were. I have a deep well of hope they will return one day and blow everything away.

shagen454says...

If you ever come back to the Bay you should hit me up. We should hang out in the real, drink massive amounts of alcohol at the Phone Booth or Knockout... or whatever.

chingalerasaid:

They already have-Oldsters constantly touring, what more do you need but other similarly inspired future super-duper-groupers??

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