"Lazuli" is a song by American dream pop duo Beach House. It was released on April 13, 2012, through Sub Pop, as the second single from the duo's fourth studio album Bloom (2012), later being released on April 21, 2012, Record Store Day, as a 7-inch single. Its official music video, which was directed by Allen Cordell, was released on June 6, 2012. The song received positive reviews from music critics.
On March 7, 2012, two years following the release of their third studio album Teen Dream (2010), Beach House released a song onto their website, "Myth", the acclaimed lead single for their fourth studio album Bloom, which they announced the next day and included "Lazuli" as the third track on the official tracklist.[1][2] On March 20, 2012, the cover art for Bloom was officially revealed, with Sub Pop also announcing a Beach House single release for Record Store Day.[3]
Release
On April 13, 2012, Dutch radio station 3voor12 published "Lazuli" onto their website.[4] It was later released on April 21, 2012, Record Store Day, as a 7-inch single, becoming the second single from the album, including "Equal Mind" as its B-side.[5] The official music video for "Lazuli", which was directed by Allen Cordell, who also directed the video for "Walk in the Park", was released on June 6, 2012.[6] On June 30, 2017, the duo released the compilation album B-Sides and Rarities, which included three tracks recorded during the Bloom sessions, with one of them being "Equal Mind", the B-side to "Lazuli".[7][8]
Critical reception
"Lazuli" received positive reviews from music critics. Given the "Best New Track" accolade upon release, Jayson Greene of Pitchfork said that the song is "a forceful, overwhelming reminder of the world Beach House discovered on 2010's Teen Dream, one that hovers in the air, glowing and benevolent, like a giant Rothko painting".[9] Zachary Houle of PopMatters said that after beginning of the track, it "transforms itself into something from the Cure's Disintegration in its open and spacious sound that feels epic in rendering".[10] Alex Denney of NME stated that the song's "effortless glide sounds a touch too much like 'Norway' off [Teen Dream], but still puts the screws on your heart with a gloriously twisty coda".[11]
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