Mama always said, In indie rock, as in life, it’s all about having good Friends, and nobody in the game seems BFFer than Beirut + Grizzly Bear these days. A few weeks ago we got to hear Ambassador Condon’s contribution to the Grizzly canon on the ethereal-then-bombastic retooling of “Alligator” (from the band’s forthcoming EP), and here Mr. Droste returns the favor, subbing for Zach on the Flying Club Cup track “Cliquot”‘s lead vocal line, Condon complimenting on harmony before taking over at the cut’s major modulation. The long corridor walk-up, the sepia-toned cinematography, the whirling dervish penultimate moment … yep, could only be the fabulous La Blogothèque crew.
Très romantique, no? Just one of the takes from La Blog’s previously announced full-Flying Club Cup recreation project. Chryde — burn ‘em to DVD and float ‘em for the holidays. It’ll make a perfect indie stocking stuffer.
Beirut’s Cup is out 10/9 on Ba Da Bing.
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my absolute favorite off this new album.
for as obsessively as you cover beirut, i have to say i don’t mind it.
très..
sounds as good as the original. particularly like the new harmonies. bravo!
merci, n!
I was under the impression Owen Pallett sang the vocals on the album for “Cliquot”.
i wish Ed Droste and Grizzly Bear just were Zach Condon and Beirut so that their new album would be coming so soon. Ed Droste, most amazing individual ever. Fuck.
mr. saggy balls, i concur. everyone keeps talking about how zach’s vocals really have evolved on cliquot. um, maybe cause it isn’t him singing?
Owen Pallett totally sang this on the record. Zach’s just enlisting his gay friends to sing the homoerotic lyrics, no?
yup yesIsaid, I think you have it right.
totes.