When you talk about Beirut, you’re really talking about Zach Condon. The 25-year-old is the lead singer, sole songwriter and main musical force behind the critically acclaimed six-member outfit that ...

Beirut (aka Zach Condon and his band) has announced a new album, A Study of Losses, recorded for a Swedish circus, and shared a new song from it, “Guericke’s Unicorn,” via a music video. A Study of ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I noticed the swelling of the double bass first, quickly followed by the fluttering of brushed cymbals. A saxophone pushing ...

Hadsel is a small town way up in the northern part of Norway with a population of just over 8,000—a place where vast, snow-tipped mountains are reflected in calm, slate-black waters. It’s just the ...

If you, like Zach Condon, get to go to the distant Norwegian island of Hadsel, you’ll also find an octagonal 19th-century church with an organ in it. Condon, who has released music as Beirut since ...

At nearly an hour runtime, Beirut’s A Study of Losses is Zach Condon‘s most extended release to date. Condon was approached by Viktoria Dalborg, director of the Swedish circus Kompani Giraff, and ...

Beirut, the nom de plume of indie-folk singer-songwriter Zach Condon, travels to remote Norway and returns with Hadsel, his first new album in four years. The LP, due out Nov. 10 via Beirut’s own ...

With a blend of indie rock and traditional Eastern European folk music, Beirut has always stood out as a highly original and unusual band. Now, with their sixth studio album, Hadsel (out November 10 ...

I noticed the swelling of the double bass first, quickly followed by the fluttering of brushed cymbals. A saxophone pushing against the edges of a melody swiftly married the notes together, chords ...