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Beirut 's latest record, The Rip Tide , isn't out yet, but already its available to purchase and stream digitally. The physical edition is out August 30 through Pompeii Records , and comes in three flavours: a garden-variety CD digipack, a limited edition deluxe CD package in a clothbound, gold foil stamped book, and a limited edition deluxe LP, which is also clothbound and comes with a postcard designed by the band's own Perrin Cloutier. "Santa Fe" is the breezy second single from the album, and gives a delicate electronic twist to Beirut's usual [...]

• Beirut - Santa Fe

Tweet At the time of Beirut's debut album release it didn't take long for me to find out, and subsequently feel extremely unaccomplished in life about, the fact that Beirut 's songsmith and main man Zach Condon was only 19 years old. Add into the mix the fact that he did everything himself just made me want to quit life altogether. At 21 I was chasing squirrels at 3am, stealing hoods from cars, stealing shoes from billboards, and stealing skating ramps from Universities and taking [...]

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Several members of Beirut have formed a side project called Soft Landing . The band is comprised of Paul Collins , Perrin Cloutier , and Mike Lawless , and their debut album was released on October 12th, via Ba Da Bing (the same label Beirut is signed to). Stylistically it is a pop version of Beirut, heavy on the instrumentation and layers, with catchy melodies. Soft Landing - Baptism Due to the [...]

Several members of Beirut have formed a side project called Soft Landing . The band is comprised of Paul Collins , Perrin Cloutier , and Mike Lawless , and their debut album was released on October 12th, via Ba Da Bing (the same label Beirut is signed to). Stylistically it is a pop version of Beirut, heavy on the instrumentation and layers, with catchy melodies. Soft Landing - Baptism Due to the [...]

• Soft Landing - Baptism

HANK ALTOGETHER: Here's one that should get both Zach & I drooling: a little collab between Zach Condon (and Perrin Cloutier) of Beirut and Alden Penner from 10.0 approved Clues. The track comes from the Paper Heart Soundtrack which Penner produced. Now, if you're looking for a song or something that goes beyond a sort of Mark Mothersbaugh homage with Beirut horns, you're going to be disappointed. The track is pretty much a weepy, ponderous xylaphone overtured with those balkan brass that gets me jelly in me pants. [...]