Rosen: Beck’s Morning Phase Is Expertly Made, But a Terminal Bummer Morning Phase, the new record by Beck, opens with “Cycle,” a hazy string instrumental, just 40 seconds long, that drifts into earshot and spreads out, a cloud bank stretching across the stereo spectrum. The same musical passage wafts its way into several songs, which makes sense, thematically speaking. Beck is ... More »
Feb. 24, 2014 - Vulture