New sonic impulses…

BEIRUT‘s musical maestro Zach Condon announced new, fifth album, entitled GALLIPOLI
a couple of days ago and here’s the charming title track. Condon revealed the story behind the delightful fresh song in a press statement: “We stumbled into the medieval-fortressed island town of Gallipoli in Italy, one night and followed a brass band procession fronted by priests carrying a statue of the town’s saint through the winding narrow streets behind what seemed like the entire town. The next day I wrote the song entirely in one sitting, pausing
only to eat.”

Here’s the brassy and heartfelt beauty…

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Album CALLIPOLI out 1 February 2019 – more info here