Beirut: new album this fall
Zach Condon of Beirut has shared with Puddlegum that they have begun recording their follow-up to the Lon Gisland EP . "New album should be done for the fall, I believe." The recording will include the nine piece band that recorded on the Lon Gisland EP, minus Kelly Pratt who is now with The Arcade Fire.
Europe will be treated with a Beirut tour in June and July. Expect to see more information announced soon. To add to his summer schedule, "Beirut will be travelling north to the friendly, almost French, environs of Canada to record with Owen of Final Fantasy for his new album."
Beirut will be performing tonight (March 14) at South by Southwest, on Emo's Main Stage at 10:30pm. Blonde Redhead, Mountain Goats, Emma Pollack, and Wolf & Cub will be joining him. Then, on March 16, Beirut will be simulcasting for KEXP at Austin City Limits at 7pm.
Beirut has released Pompeii EP , a two-track album, exclusive to Emusic. Beirut shared with Puddlegum that the two songs are, "old songs of mine from the good ol' days," recorded when he was "18 or 17, I forget." Fountains and Tramways and Napoleon on the Bellerophon show the maturity of Zach Condon's voice in his late teens, experimenting with trumpets, piano, an accordion, and layers of drum loops.
Zach Condon is Beirut, and his band includes Nicholas Petree on drums, Periin Cloutier on cello and accordion, Jason Poranksi on guitar and mandolin, Paul Collins on bass, piano and ukulele, Park Sloper on baritone sax, clarinet and glockenspiel, ukulele, and mandolin, Kristen Ferebe on violin, Tracy Pratt on trumpet, flugel horn, and Heather Trost (A Hawk and a Hacksaw) on violin, viola.
Jeremy Barnes (A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Neutral Milk Hotel), the man that produced Beirut's first two albums, relocated to Budapest, Hungary in February to record an EP with the Hun Hangar Ensemble.
Beirut – Elephant Gun
Beirut – Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)
Beirut – Postcards of Italy
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March 14 – South by Southwest – Emo's Main Stage – 10:30pm (with Blonde Redhead, Mountain Goats, Emma Pollack, Wolf & Cub)
March 16 – Simulcasting on KEXP – Austin City Limits – 7pm
May 6 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom (with Final Fantasy)
May 7 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom (with Final Fantasy)