Beirut, the orchestral pop undertaking of Zach Condon, have introduced a brand new album. Impressed by Judith Schalansky’s German novel Verzeichnis einiger Verluste, the 18-track A Study of Losses was commissioned by Swedish circus Kompani Giraff for an acrobatic stage present. The file options the beforehand shared single “Caspian Tiger” and the brand new music “Guericke’s Unicorn,” which is out as we speak, alongside a music video that includes choreography, puppeteering, and stage design courtesy of Kompani Giraff. Watch it under.
A Examine of Losses is out April 18 by way of Pompeii Records. Hadsel, Condon’s final album as Beirut, got here out in November 2023.
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A Examine of Losses:
01 Disappearances and Losses
02 Forest Encyclopedia
03 Oceanus Procellarum
04 Villa Sacchetti
05 Mare Crisium
06 Garbo’s Face
07 Mare Imbrium
08 Tuanaki Atoll
09 Mare Serenitatis
10 Guericke’s Unicorn
11 Mare Humorum
12 Sappho’s Poems
13 Ghost Prepare
14 Caspian Tiger
15 Mani’s 7 Books
16 Moon Voyager
17 Mare Nectaris
18 Mare Tranquillitatis
