Beirut, aka Zach Condon, has announced the details to his sophomore album, The Flying Cup Club. The album will be released on October 9th through 4AD and considering the very old-school vibe that Beirut has, the cover art (seen above) is only fitting. Considering that this was one of my favorite albums of last year, I'm very much looking forward to this one, especially since it features string arrangements by Owen Pallett of Final Fantasy. For the sound of the new album, Zach says "I was listening to a lot of Jacques Brel and French chanson music-- pop songs shrouded in big, glorious, over-the-top arrangements and all this drama-- and that was in some sense unfamiliar territory to me. So I started buying new instruments and relying on things I wasn't necessarily comfortable with, like French horns and euphoniums, carrying these big, epic big brass parts that I used to do all on trumpets, and working with accordion and organ instead of all ukulele-- very much throwing myself in the world of classical pop music, I guess you could say."
Sounds like this is going to be a great album. Listen to a live version of new song "A Sunday Smile" below and watch the new video for "Postcards From Italy" here.
Tracklist
1. A Call To Arms
2. Nantes
3. A Sunday Smile
4. Guyamas Sonora
5. Le Banlieu
6. Cliquot
7. The Penalty
8. Forks and Knives (La Fete)
9. In The Mausoleum
10. Un Dernier Verre (Pour la Route)
11. Cherbourg
12. St. Apollonia
13. The Flying Club Cup
Beirut - A Sunday Smile [Live at SXSW]
Beirut - Rhineland (Heartland)
