Our favorite indie-chill band Beach House made a stop at Mission Ballroom on Wednesday night. In support of their latest 4 disc album Once Twice Melody. The first time playing the venue, the band glamoured at the amazing beauty of Denver’s still budding concert ballroom. If you’ve seen Beach House before you know that their production is minimal often syncing with their music, which has been described as chill, moody and dreamy. Flanked by nothing more than a back screen that displayed minimal images, the music still manages to come alive without all the theatrics. Led by Victoria Legrand on vocals and multi-instrumentalist Alex Scally, the band has been making music since 2004 and has evolved with each new record. On their latest the duo takes on a wave very similar to the last couple albums but a much more broader sense of the ability to convey a perfect album from beginning to end.
The band preaches minimal use of anything distracting that may hinder their live performance, in this case the use of phones in the audience. Honestly wish more bands did this. Visually the bands set coordinated perfectly into a dream-like experience. The band praised the new venue at one point stating “I feel like we are on a spaceship”, The band tore through various hits off all of their albums with a heavy dose of newer material that was well received.
