Beirut - The Rip Tide
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So, today I bring to you Beirut's wonderful third record. "The Rip Tide" came out a few years ago, when I was really hyped about Beirut, and completely in love with "The Flying Club Cup", their second album.
This one is my favourite though. I love Zach Condon's voice, it's velvet-ish in some songs, like A Candle's Fire, or East Harlem. Something I really like about Beirut is their folky side, the (sometimes messy) combination of <instruments, just merging together in such beautiful melodies and I must say, that as far as instrumental complexity, I think Beirut are masters in that aspect, just picking up some trumpets, organs, guitars, accordions (??) and drums and turning all of that into those sweet melodies. They actually sort of take me back in time, to that late 19th century, when everything was nice, just before the WWI and the opulence of the Russian empire, I don't know.
So, my favourite track of this record is most certainly "Vagabond", i love everything about it, from the organ in the beggining to every drum in the world and trumpet kicking in, and turning it into one of the best songs ever. The sort of interlude in the middle is really great, it brings this sort of dancy touch to the song. Also the lyrics are very pretty, especially when Zach sings " ... now as the air gets cold / the truth unfolds / and I am lost and not found ... " and that voice.
Well, again I'm sorry, really, and I hope you enjoy this record as much as I do!!
Beirut - "The Rip Tide"
Pompeii Records
Tracklisting:
- A Candle's Fire
- Santa Fe
- East Harlem
- Goshen
- Payne's Bay
- The Rip Tide
- Vagabond
- The Peacock
- Port of Call
For more information go to: http://www.beirutband.com
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