I’m a little ashamed it’s taken over a year for me to acknowledge one of the best purveyors of dreampop in the business hereabouts, but with Beach House releasing their eighth – and maybe best? – new record Once Twice Melody out today, here’s some Beach House love.

“Alien” dates to the sessions for 2018’s 7, and while it didn’t make the final album cut they did see fit to release it into the world as the b-side to a tour-only 7″ for “Lose Your Smile”, which can also still be acquired via Bandcamp. It also got a video/visual, though the aesthetic of those 7-era clips didn’t really require a whole lot of budget.