“Dark Spring” is the opening track and the third single released from Beach House’s studio album 7. It was preceded by singles “Lemon Glow” and “Dive.”
The song was announced by the band via Twitter along with a music video:
[Verse 1]
Dark red light-years
Brought near
Cold gone glowing
Night sing
Star death ringing
Brought fear
[Chorus 1]
I want to lie in
They call Orion
The colors missing
Upon the dark spring
[Verse 2]
Cold red light-years
Brought near
Dark gone glowing
Night sing
[Chorus 2]
The worlds colliding
Unreal dividing
The colors missing
Upon the dark spring
Dark Spring was written by Victoria Legrand & Alex Scally.
Dark Spring was produced by Beach House & Sonic Boom.
Beach House released Dark Spring on Tue Apr 03 2018.
Is it a political record? I say no because I won’t stifle the possibilities of it. “Dark Spring” does have some sort of propulsive force — it feels like change, transition, darkness, chaos. But that’s where it is. Anything else is really up to the listener.
– Victoria Legrand, Stereogum
I think it was collaborative, very collaborative. I think Zia had a great deal of influence regarding even our presence in the video. I had the idea early on—if there was a video, it would be for “Dark Spring.” And I saw us in it, which is pretty rare for us to want to be visible in something becaus...