Blog: Pigeons and Planes

This video for the title track off Beirut 's latest album starts off with some gorgeous footage of a boat on the open water. It's simple and peaceful, and then at 2:50, it reaches that elusive next level. Says Zach Condon: I always felt that "The Rip Tide" wasn't fully able to project its own ambitions in song form.. no matter how it was performed or recorded, it felt contained by sound alone... I wanted more, as I often do with my music, and this is not a bad thing. Growing to accept a song's [...]