Lazuli (song)
| "Lazuli" | ||||
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| Single by Beach House | ||||
| from the album Bloom | ||||
| B-side | "Equal Mind" | |||
| Released | April 13, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
| Studio | Sonic Ranch (Tornillo, Texas) | |||
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| Length | 5:02 | |||
| Label | Sub Pop | |||
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"Lazuli" is a song by American dream pop duo Beach House. It was released on April 13, 2012, through Sub Pop, as the second single from the duo's fourth studio album Bloom (2012), later being released on April 21, 2012, Record Store Day, as a 7-inch single, featuring "Equal Mind" as its B-side. It succeeds the album's lead single, "Myth," which was released a month earlier and met with acclaim from critics.
Revolving around the metamorphic rock, lapis lazuli, lead vocalist Victoria Legrand stated that the song title had a sort of imagination and felt like it belonged in the "Beach House world." The song received positive reviews from music critics. They performed the song on Later... with Jools Holland on May 29, 2012. Its official music video, which was directed by Allen Cordell, was released on June 6, 2012. Its B-side, "Equal Mind," was later included on the band's compilation album B-Sides and Rarities (2017).