Once Twice Melody
by Beach House
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Feb 18, 2022
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 80 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 73 out of 80
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 80
  3. Negative: 4 out of 80
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  1. All_ButTrU4
    Feb 20, 2022
    6
    An exciting accomplishment that overstays it's welcome. Beach House has always had a homogenous sound with few variety, few surprises but rarely does it become monotonous. Throughout their expansive discography they've been able to reshape and deliver the same sound with different textures only this time it's not the case. Once twice melody feels empty and more like a collection of songsAn exciting accomplishment that overstays it's welcome. Beach House has always had a homogenous sound with few variety, few surprises but rarely does it become monotonous. Throughout their expansive discography they've been able to reshape and deliver the same sound with different textures only this time it's not the case. Once twice melody feels empty and more like a collection of songs than an album(which isn't to say it's not cohesive- consistency is their strength) but this album fades into itself for inoffensive pale results.… Expand

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. PopMatters
    Mar 29, 2022
    80
    The duo is always tinkering around the edges of their sonic universe, getting darker, weirder, subtler, and more expansive. They do all of that on Once Twice Melody, and the payoff is enormous.
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  2. Sputnikmusic
    Feb 21, 2022
    66
    Legrand weaves a series of intersecting narratives of love and loneliness, intimacy and abandonment, maturity and nostalgia. Any one of these themes is rich enough to fuel far more than Once Twice Melody’s eighty-five minutes, but Beach House’s storytelling is defocused to the point of indistinction, strung out of moody vignettes that flow like asphalt and stick like the tide. ... Fortunately for us all, this is just too gorgeous a record to pose a true slog.
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  3. The Observer (UK)
    Feb 21, 2022
    80
    It’s testament to the structure and variety of Once Twice Melody that it never lags over 18 tracks, its gradual release paradoxically validating the album format as one still worth surrendering to, totally.
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