image from Beirut’s Website

For those of you who are unaware (we’re a day or so late announcing this), young Zach Condon (19? 20? Help me out) who brought us heartfelt Balkan pop with 2006’s Gulag Orkestar, and then grabbed an 8 piece back up band to make one of the year’s best E.P.s Lon Gisland has finished up a new full length and felt ready to talk about it. Though still not titled, it is to be a work less Eastern European and more Western European, classical pop music which serves “more a love letter to French Culture.” The eight piece that blasted through Lon Gisland return alongside Zach on this record, and Arcade Fire’s Owen Pallett (aka Final Fantasy, aka one of the best records of 2006) adds string arrangements and backing vocals as well. Lon Gisland was a great demonstration of Zach’s technical and songwriting growth beyond his young and rough creativity, and with any luck we’ll see that move even further on October 9th when the LP drops on Ba Da Bing!

I am glad to hear he’s not going to rest on blaring Balkan trumpets his whole career.

Fall Tour Dates in the Comments.

External Links
Beirut’s Website
Beirut’s Myspace
Ba Da Bing!’s Website

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