“The Concubine” comes from the Holland portion of Zach Condon’s fantastic double-EP release from earlier this year. It’s the EP for which he dusted off his old Realpeople moniker and got back to playing with laptops and keys. That said, this track is a departure from typical Beirut stuff more for its groove than its instrumentation (here accordion and trumpet, per usual), but the pulse beneath is this groovy sort of march which, particularly when performed live along with the rest of that EP’s tunes at those stellar Brooklyn shows, pulled the tarp off just one more direction the guy can take his writing. If you can’t seem him do those March Of The Zapotec (the Mexican dirge half) and Holland songs live anytime soon, then at least watch him bum a smoke to the world’s most dignified man here. Zach’s the one in the cowboy hat. (Except for when it’s a little kid in the cowboy hat.)
The March Of The Zapotec & Holland EPs are out via Ba Da Bing.
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Such a great song, and the video suits it well.
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wonderful video. beautiful cinematography for such a longing song.
New Beirut!! ! Loads of excitement!
great video!!!
that is what happen to cowboys that dont go to school >.< lol
Freezie Pops!
Beautiful video. These days I get bored of videos fast, this one was simple and very well done.
Ah..? I guess it comes down to me to point out the obvious. There is a guy dressed up as GENE SIMMONS in this video!!! All the aloof hipster reserve in the world can’t hide the fact that that a freakin’ DEMON impersonator shows up in the video. …
Great song too. Love Beirut.
Really? Are you sure? ‘Cause I didn’t notice that in the photo accompanying the article, or the when it was mentioned in the article itself…thanks buddy!
Yes, wonderful video. Really enjoyed this one. It expresses a longing and restlessness many videos attempt but are rarely successful at conveying. A music video with a heart? Strange these days.
Love it. Love him.
A great video, this is a rare thing.
Love the dogs on the roof – that is so New Mexico even if it was filmed in Hollywood – and the Midnight Cowboy reference.
Love the dogs on the roof – that is so New Mexico even if it was filmed in Hollywood – and the Midnight Cowboy reference.