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Musical Style and Influence
Beach House has received both praises of consistency and critiques of redundancy. Pitchfork's Jillian Mapes described them as "one of indie rock's most consistent bands." Vice described the band as "one of a kind —undeniably, consistently brilliant." Despite this acclaim, The Badger Herald characterized their music as "plague[d]" with "redundancy," and journalist Eugenie Johnson of The Skinny stated that the "fruits of their reinvention aren't always compelling." Alex Scally of Beach House addressed claims that their albums sound the same in an interview with Vice, saying, "I think we might be a band that people are meant to get really into. I'm not saying people should get really into us, I just mean of various musical obsessions I've had in my life, I think you don't really get the songs and the differences between them until you really get into [the band]."

Beach House's music has been sampled by prominent hip-hop and R&B artists. In 2011, The Weeknd sampled "Master of None" and "Gila" in his songs "The Party & the After Party" and "Loft Music," respectively. Kendrick Lamar sampled "Silver Soul" for his hit "Money Trees." The rap group G-Side sampled "10 Mile Stereo" in their song "How Far."

Beach House has also inspired songs and musicians. Beach House's records The Chainsmokers wrote "Beach House" as an ode to listening to Beach House. Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips listed Beach House's album Bloom as one of the ten records that changed his life.

In The Media
Beach House has stated that they tend to avoid and dislike the press. In a 2010 interview with The Washington Post, Scally said, "Hype always depends on having some kind of gimmick. I don't really think our music has that....I don't think it's going to be this crazy, explosive thing." In a 2015 interview with Pitchfork, Scally expressed, "I feel fatigued by the concept that no art is safe from commercialism."

The band is also specific about the use of their music in the media. Beach House turned down a proposal from Volkswagen to use their song "Take Care" in an advertisement. This almost led the band into a lawsuit against the automobile brand after it published the commercial with a commissioned song similar to "Take Care."