Lemon Glow

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"Lemon Glow"
Beach House - Lemon Glow.png
Single by Beach House
from the album 7
ReleasedFebruary 15, 2018 (2018-02-15)
Recorded2017
Studio
Genre Dream pop
Length4:04
Label Sub Pop
Songwriter(s) Beach House
Producer(s)
Beach House singles chronology
"Chariot"
(2017)
"Lemon Glow"
(2018)
"Dive"
(2018)
Visualizer
"Lemon Glow" on YouTube

"Lemon Glow" is a song by American dream pop band Beach House. It was released on February 15, 2018, through Sub Pop, as the lead single from their album 7 (2018). Accompanied with a visualizer, it was received positively by several publications, with several of them calling it the band's "most danceable track to date".

Contents

Background

Following the release of their compilation album B-Sides and Rarities (2017), the band announced the release of "Lemon Glow" on Instagram on February 15, 2018. [1] Accompanied with a caption read on the Instagram post as "Wishing everyone out there love tonight", the band stated that it would appear on their then-untitled seventh studio album, serving as its lead single. [2] An accompanying visualizer, in which Salvatore Maicki of The Fader described as a "groovy checkered visual", was released on the same day. [3]

Composition

"Lemon Glow" contains a "metallic [and] strobing synth line" that is heard throughout the song. [4] It also uses additional synthesizers and drum machines, with the song ending abruptly. [3] [5] While being asked by Pitchfork about the beat running throughout the song, guitarist Alex Scally stated that it's a "shitty ’90s drum machine that we found in L.A. in like 2012", with a demo of the beat being titled "dyslexia". [6]

Critical reception

The song received positive reviews from critics. Upon release, several publications considered "Lemon Glow" to be Beach House's "most danceable track to date", including The Fader , [3] NME , [5] and Spin . [7] Named as "Best New Track", Shaad D'Souza from Pitchfork described "Lemon Glow" as a "new direction for [Beach House], with subtle changes to their distinct sound that signal a sharpening of the band’s typically soft edges." [4] Lauren O'Neill from Vice considered that it is "a little more foreboding than [they're] used to from [Beach House]" but stated that it is "a great new twist on their sound". [8]

"Lemon Glow" was named as the 10th best track of the first-half of 2018 by Cosmopolitan , who referred it as "woozy". [9]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of 7. [10]

Beach House

Additional

Charts

Chart performance for "Lemon Glow"
Chart (2018)Peak
position
Mexico Ingles Airplay ( Billboard ) [11] 47

References

  1. Helman, Peter (February 14, 2018). "Beach House – "Lemon Glow"". Stereogum . Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  2. Minsker, Evan (February 15, 2018). "Beach House Ready New Album, Share New Song "Lemon Glow": Listen". Pitchfork . Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Maicki, Salvatore (February 14, 2018). "Beach House return with new single". The Fader . Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  4. 1 2 D'Souza, Shaad (February 15, 2018). "Beach House: "Lemon Glow" Track Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  5. 1 2 Connick, Tom (February 15, 2018). "Beach House return with 'Lemon Glow', from a new album". NME . Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  6. Moreland, Quinn (April 23, 2018). "Beach House On Their New Album 7 and Capturing the Dark Side of Glamour". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
  7. Cook-Wilson, Winston (February 15, 2018). "Beach House Release New Song "Lemon Glow," Tease New Album". Spin . Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  8. O'Neill, Lauren (February 15, 2018). "Beach House Release New Song "Lemon Glow," Tease New Album". Vice . Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  9. Thompson, Eliza (July 6, 2018). "Best Songs of 2018 So Far - Music to Listen to This Year". Cosmopolitan . Retrieved October 11, 2024.
  10. 7 (LP liner notes). Beach House. Sub Pop. 2018. SP1240.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. "Beach House Chart History: Mexico Ingles Airplay". Billboard . Retrieved May 9, 2024.