“10 Mile Stereo” is a deeper cut off of Teen Dream that packs an emotional punch. A slow, rolling riff introduces the song, and Legrand’s measured vocals draw the tension out until the song hits a minor explosion in the chorus.
Backed by an organ and drumbeat that is urgent by Beach House standards...
[Verse 1]
The heart is a stone and this is a stone that we throw
Put your hand on this stone, it's the stone of a home you know
They say we will go far, but they don't know how far we'll go
With our legs on the edge and our feet on the horizon
[Verse 2]
They say we can throw far but they don't know how far we throw
With our legs on the edge and our feet on the horizon
The heart is a stone and this is a stone that we throw
They say we will go far, but they don't know how far we'll go
[Chorus]
It can't be gone, we're still right here
It took so long, can't say we heard it all
Limbs parallel, we stood so long we fell
Tear a moment from the days that carry us on forever
[Verse 3]
This push and pull is the force of a wave of time
In the heat of the night, we would cry, you are not mine
They said we would go far, but they don't know how far we'd go
'Cause this heart is a stone and this is a stone that we throw
[Chorus]
It can't be gone, we're still right here
It took so long, can't say we saw it all
Limbs parallel, we stood so long we fell
Bright pyramids at night that carry us on forever
It can't be gone, we're still right here
She took so long, can't say we felt it all
Limbs parallel, we stood so long we fell
Love's like a pantheon, it carries on forever
10 Mile Stereo was written by Victoria Legrand & Alex Scally.
10 Mile Stereo was produced by Beach House & Chris Coady.
Beach House released 10 Mile Stereo on Tue Jan 26 2010.
Kirsten Dunst told Spin that “10 Mile Stereo” got her in an appropriately depressive mood for her work on Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia, and called Beach House her “favorite new band.”