Good news for you!

Hello, friends! So, good news, today I am going to share with you my four favorite songs by one of my favorite bands, Beirut. Are you ready for this insanity?

I first heard of Beirut whilst in Gainesville for a visit [prior to my move there]. It was a delectable treat for my ears. So, when I got home, I googled them, and here we are.

Beirut is a ten-piece, orchestral-type band, complete with strings, brass, percussion, and other delicious sounds including accordions and keys. The songs are very loose and free flowing, some of the musicians having been told not to play so perfectly:

"But no matter what its influences, Beirut has to sound old, and soulful, and somehow off. “I like it brash and drunken and full of feeling. When our new trumpet player came in, he sounded very regal and was perfectly alliterating all the notes. I remember saying, No, you have to slop it up!"" - Zach Condon, lead vocals for Beirut

With that, the four:
Elephant Gun


Forks and Knives (La Fête)


Un Dernier Verre (pour la route)


In the Mausoleum



So there you have it, I hope you took the time to watch/listen to them all.

“There are three ways I see music used in the modern world,” Condon says. “One is for thinkers: They approach it analytically. Then there are people who use music to get a raw attitude out. And then there are people who are simply looking for beauty, for the sentimentality that good music has.” -ZC