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Alex Scally
Scally performing in 2012
Scally performing in 2012
Background information
Born (1982-07-15) July 15, 1982 (age 44)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Genres
Instruments
Years active2004–present
Labels
Member ofBeach House

Alex Kristian Scally[1] (born July 15, 1982)[2] is an American multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He is known as the co-writer, guitarist and backing vocalist of the dream pop band Beach House, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums.

Early life

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Scally was born July 15, 1982[2] in Baltimore, Maryland, where he was raised.[3] He is of Irish Catholic heritage.[4] He graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in 2000, and from Oberlin College in 2004, where he studied geology and ran NCAA Division III cross-country.[5] Upon graduation, he returned to Baltimore to work as a carpenter alongside his father.[6][7]

Career

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In 2004, Scally met Victoria Legrand in Baltimore through one of her friends; after meeting each other, Scally also joined her other band at the time, Daggerhearts.[8] The band would end up disbanding in 2005, due to "dysfunctionality",[9] so the two had decided to start another band, basing it in Baltimore as it was "a place where people can make music intensely, because you don't have to make much [money] to live [there]."[10] After numerous hangouts and first writing sessions, both decided to name their band Beach House, which was named after their written song "House on the Hill".[11] Recalling the formation of the band, Scally said: "We were both just kind of knocking around Baltimore right in our early 20s, and met doing a different musical project, and then [Beach House] kind of grew out of it."[12]

Regarding Beach House's early shows, Scally noted: "I'm really glad nobody came to our shows at the start, because we had no idea what we were doing."[13] Since their formation, Beach House has released eight studio albums as part of their discography: Beach House (2006), Devotion (2008), Teen Dream (2010), Bloom (2012), Depression Cherry (2015), Thank Your Lucky Stars (2015), 7 (2018), and their most recent full-length release, Once Twice Melody (2022).[14] In 2013, the band had also formed a temporary supergroup, Gene Clark No Other Band, that toured only throughout 2013 and 2014.[15][16] They have also provided soundtracking for other media, including the short films This Must Be the Only Fantasy (2013) and Marin's Dreams (2021).[17][18]

Discography

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References

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  1. ↑ "BMI Repertoire search for Scally, Alex". BMI Songview.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. 1 2 "Alex Scally, Baltimore, Maryland, United States". United States Public Records, 1970-2009 database – via FamilySearch Indexing.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) Closed access icon
  3. ↑ "Beach House: About". Carpark Records.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ Potton, Ed (May 12, 2012). "Beach House: Baltimore's cool kids". The Times. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  5. ↑ Mapes, Jillian (July 30, 2015). "All the Feels: Beach House's Intangible Truth". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Interview: Alex Scally of Beach House". About.com Alternative Music. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Classmates in Maryland: 109".
  8. ↑ Paskon, Aaron (March 18, 2026). "Holy Hell! Beach House Turns 20". Spectrum Culture. Archived from the original on April 12, 2026. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  9. ↑ Sisson, Patrick (February 24, 2008). "Beach House: Ether and Lace". XLR8R. Archived from the original on June 26, 2025. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Interview: Alex Scally of Beach House". About. IAC. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  11. ↑ Newmark, Mike (April 13, 2007). "Victoria Legrand '03 to perform with Beach House". The Miscellany News. Vol. 80, no. 19. p. 14. Archived from the original on January 2, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Beach House: Dream Pop From Baltimore". WBUR-FM. NPR. August 6, 2015. Archived from the original on August 9, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Alex Scally of dream-pop duo Beach House - interview". The List. October 18, 2012. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  14. ↑ Cohen, Ian (August 28, 2025). "Every Beach House Studio Album, Ranked". Uproxx. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  15. ↑ Rudy, Greenburg (December 4, 2013). "Beach House recruits a big band to recreate Gene Clark's 'No Other' at 9:30 Club". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  16. ↑ Michaels, Sean (December 4, 2013). "Beach House spearhead project to tour Gene Clark's No Other album". The Guardian. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  17. ↑ McGovern, Kyle (August 13, 2013). "Beach House Score 'Fantasy' Short Film Starring Elijah Wood and Unicorns". Spin. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  18. ↑ Yoo, Noah (April 22, 2021). "Beach House Soundtrack New Meow Wolf Short Film 'Marin's Dreams': Watch". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on January 22, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
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