Beach House Covers Folsom for 50th Anniversary Reissue of 'Music And Dreams'
Beach House has recorded a cover for the 50th anniversary edition of Robert Lester Folsom's 1976 album Music And Dreams, and the track is already out. The reissue comes from Anthology Recordings, a Mexican Summer imprint, and adds a remaster of the original album plus a batch of demos and newly recorded covers. According to Stereogum, a second new cover comes from Hannah Cohen.
What's on the 50th anniversary edition
- A remaster of the original Music And Dreams album
- A large batch of previously unreleased demo recordings
- A new Beach House cover of a Folsom song
- A new Hannah Cohen cover of a Folsom song
- Label: Anthology Recordings (a Mexican Summer imprint)
Folsom himself will tour behind the reissue. Dates and ticketing have not been detailed here — check the label's official announcements for that information.
From private press to cult favorite
Folsom is a singer-songwriter from Georgia, USA. Music And Dreams was originally released in 1976 as a self-funded private press and went largely unnoticed at the time. It slowly built a devoted cult following, with the real turning point coming when Anthology Recordings first reissued it in 2010 — a period when indie music circles were actively digging up overlooked private-press pop records.
Beach House's involvement extends that same lineage of rediscovery: the duo of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally works in a dream-pop texture that lines up naturally with the hazy, studio-crafted folk sound Folsom was making back then.
What we don't know yet
The source does not specify a release date for the 50th anniversary edition, tour dates or venues for Folsom's supporting tour, or pricing and on-sale details. Readers interested in the reissue or the tour will need to watch for further announcements from Anthology Recordings.