hawksbill blues

hawksbill turtles can live to be 200 years old. they spend most of that time swimming the oceans by themselves, alone. i wonder if they hum anything in their turtle heads while cruising the oceans, eating jelly fish.

i imagine the easy drone-rock organ, reverbed guitars and gauzy vocals of beach house playing on a constant, 200 year loop.

devotion is one of my favorite albums of 2008. ...and it just happens to have a stand out track called >>

beach house turtle island

and

beach house gila