Beach House and the curse of the big time

Teen Dream took the Baltimore duo to indie stardom but new album Bloom is a dark, intense affairVictoria Legrand is sitting on a vintage chair in the basement of an east London bric-a-brac shop. A disco ball spins above her head casting tiny lights on tablecloths your nan would dismiss as a being a bit fussy. We're talking about her band, Beach House, and their acclaimed last album, 2010's Teen Dream, when suddenly, in between sips of tea, there's an awkward silence. "I don't know why it was suc...

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