Postcards from Italy. Mount Wroclai Idle Days. Elephant Gun. Rhineland Heartland. Scenic World. Scenic World Version [Bonus Track]. Elephant Gun Bonus Track Lyrics. After the Curtain Lyrics. The Canals of Our City Lyrics. Bratislava Lyrics. Prenzlauerberg Lyrics. The Gulag Orkestar Lyrics. The lyrics are dopey, but his trills and whirls are mind-blowing. Pairing these melodies with Eastern European accouterments in lieu of standard guitar-pop creates an obvious appeal.
Still, the question ought to be asked: Are the songs really so incredible or do they simply mimic and mine musical traditions unfamiliar to the average indie rock fan? That said, the best songs here are a joy and the average and ho-hum tunes even have a thick and aesthetically appealing atmosphere-- in other words, it's an impressive and precocious debut. Skip to content Search query All Results. Pitchfork is the most trusted voice in music. We played our first concerts all together including Jeremy and Heather from a Hawk and a Hacksaw in the back of Soundfix Records and the now defunct North 6 venue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
To this day I can remember the power of what was playing besides me on stage those nights, a universe away from my pre-recorded laptop backing band and my two somewhat bemused and probably confused brothers slamming borrowed djembes and tambourines at the teen center in Santa Fe. We got everyone into one room to try out these tunes that I had hastily sketched out in a run-down shared apartment in Greenpoint, Brooklyn after I had finished the final recordings for Gulag Orkestar.
I think I had a near-dissociative experience leading the band through some of these songs in rehearsal for the first time. It was like watching an aircraft made of found objects and scrap metal magically take flight despite all my premonitions of disaster. I shuffled everyone into the studio for the Lon Gisland EP right as the shows started to sell out and before we set out on our first international tour.
Thus began the band Beirut. I then decided to include my favorite unreleased tracks that I had recorded with the various band members and other musicians throughout the years, that had yet to see the light of day. May 6, 11 Songs, 37 Minutes. More by Beirut. No No No Gallipoli The Rip Tide The Flying Club Cup Artifacts
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