Beirut annoncerer dobbeltalbummet Artifacts

Beirut annoncerer i dag dobbeltalbummet Artifacts som udkommer digitalt d. 28. januar og fysisk d. 4. marts 2022 på Pompeii Records / Playground Music.

Geniet bag Beirut, Zach Condon, annoncerer i dag det nye dobbeltalbum Artifacts, som følger Beiruts evolution helt tilbage fra at den 14-årige Condon forsøgte at bringe musikken, som han hørte i sit sind, til live, og til det formede Beirut, som vi kender i dag.

Artifacts albummet begyndte ydmygt som en idé med at samle række tidlige Beirut EP’er til en ordentlig fysisk genudgivelse. Men det forvandlede sig hurtigt til noget meget mere omfattende,
“When the decision came to re-release this collection, I found myself digging through hard drives looking for something extra to add to the compilation. What started as a few extra unreleased tracks from my formative recording years quickly grew into an entire extra records-worth of music from my past, and a larger project of remixing and remastering everything I found for good measure” fortæller Condon.

For at fejre annonceringen deler Condon den uudgivne sang 'Fisher Island Sound' som du kan høre HER. Om sangen fortæller Condon,
“This song was written while staying in band member Ben Lanz’s old family cottage on the coast of Connecticut, on the Fisher Island Sound. I played with the lines for years before trying to record versions of it in Brooklyn with the band. Perrin Cloutier had taught himself how to play a new button accordion beautifully, and the band was really sounding their best. I however, struggled in those years to put vocals on the songs and ended up scrapping a lot of the music from that era in this part of the collection due to fear, stress and self-doubt. I’ve come to rediscover some of these old songs in a different light since then, but they do remain a heavy reminder of unsteady times”

Artifacts trackliste
SIDE A - Lon Gisland, Transatlantique, O Leãozinho
1. Elephant Gun
2. My Family's Role In The World Revolution
3. Scenic World
4. The Long Island Sound
5. Carousels
6. Transatantique
7. O Leãozinho

SIDE B – The Misfits
8. Autumn Tall Tales
9. Fyodor Dormant
10. Poisoning Claude
11. Bercy
12. Your Sails
13. Irrlichter

SIDE C - New Directions and Early Works
14. Sicily
15. Now I'm Gone
16. Napoleon On The Bellerophon
17. Interior of a Dutch House
18. Fountains and Tramways
19. Hot Air Balloon

SIDE D – The B-Sides
20. Fisher Island Sound
21. So Slowly
22. Die Treue zum Ursprung
23. The Crossing
24. Zagora
25. Le Phare Du Cap Bon
26. Babylon

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Trine LysholtOctober 21, 2021