B-Sides and Rarities is a compilation by Beach House, released on June 30, 2017 via Sub Pop/Bella Union.
The compilation includes two previously unreleased songs (“Chariot” and “Baseball Diamond”), B-sides, rare and unreleased cuts, remixes, and also a cover of Queen’s single “Play The Game.”
Regarding the album, Beach House stated:
When we announced that we were releasing a B-sides and rarities album, someone on Twitter asked, “B-sides record? Why would Beach House put out a B-sides record? Their A-sides are like B-sides.” This random person has a point. Our goal has never been to make music that is explicitly commercial. Over the years, as we have worked on our 6 LPs, it wasn’t the “best” or most catchy songs that made the records, just the ones that fit together to make a cohesive work. Accordingly, our B-sides are not songs that we didn’t like as much, just ones that didn’t have a place on the records we were making.