
Beirut will return with their fourth LP, and first in four years, on August 30th via frontman Zach Codon's personal imprint, Pompeii Records. Titled The Rip Tide , the record features nine tracks; below, you can find a stream for two album tracks, "East Harlem" and "Goshen", which were released yesterday as a limited-edition single. Also for media consumption are videos of Beirut performing three other cuts, "Santa Fe", "Vagabond", and "Port of Call". Speaking recently with HitFix , Condon described the effort as "sunny," noting, “I write sad songs when it’s nice outside. I [...]