Singer Victoria Legrand's vocals have often been compared to those of Nico.

Beach House's music has been sampled by prominent hip-hop and R&B artists. In 2011, The Weeknd sampled "Master of None" and "Gila" in his songs "The Party & the After Party" and "Loft Music," respectively.[73] Kendrick Lamar sampled "Silver Soul" for his hit "Money Trees."[73] The rap group G-Side sampled "10 Mile Stereo" in their song "How Far."[74]

Beach House has also inspired songs and musicians. Pop duo The Chainsmokers wrote "Beach House" as an ode to listening to Beach House.[75] Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips listed Beach House's album Bloom as one of the ten records that changed his life.[76]

Jay Watson has described Parker's music as containing "shoegazey guitar sound, but not played in a shoegazey manner"

Tame Impala's tours in 2008 included supports for You Am I, The Black Keys, Yeasayer and MGMT,