Beach House – review

Village Underground, LondonThe early 1990s shoegaze scene is not widely regarded as British music's finest moment. Peopled by bands such as Lush and Slowdive – who crafted sumptuous, serene art-rock that was heavy on non-specific introspection and FX pedals – it was to prove a mere footnote to the era of acid house and Britpop.Twenty years on, the Baltimore duo Beach House are doing a sterling job of rehabilitating that much-maligned scene's ethos. Their 2010 breakthrough album, Teen Dream, ...

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