Beirut is an American indie-rock and world music band which was originally … Read Full Bio ↴Beirut is an American indie-rock and world music band which was originally the solo musical project of Zach Condon (born Zachary Francis Condon in Santa Fe, New Mexico) and later expanded into a band. The band's first performances were in New York, in May 2006, to support the release of their debut album, Gulag Orkestar.

Condon recorded before Beirut was established: when he was fifteen and under the name of Realpeople, he made an electronic record, fashioned after his love for The Magnetic Fields. Condon was a straight-A student until he dropped out at the age of 17 to travel Europe with his cousin in a drunken haze, cavorting and partying with the locals wherever he ended up. It was during one of these evenings that he was first exposed to Balkan music (notably including the Boban Marković Orkestar and Goran Bregović), blasting from the upstairs apartment. Condon ended up with the Serbian artists all night, going through albums country by country, note for note.

The first album under the Beirut moniker, Gulag Orkestar (2006), was the direct result of what he learned that night. While it may sound like an entire Balkan orchestra playing modern songs as mournful ballads and upbeat marches, the album was performed and recorded almost entirely by Condon alone. He did so on Pro Tools while skipping school in Albuquerque and at Sea Side Studios in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Jeremy Barnes added percussion and some violin overlays.

After recording, Condon formed a full band which at times varies in the number of members, from six to ten. Live he is accompanied by Perrin Cloutier (cello/accordion), Jason Poranski (guitar/mandolin/ukulele), Nick Petree (drums), Kristin Ferebee (violin), Paul Collins (organ/keys/tambourine/ukulele), Jon Natchez (baritone sax/mandolin/glockenspiel), and Kelly Pratt (trumpet/euphonium).

In November 2006 Condon was "briefly hospitalized for extreme exhaustion", the band's website said, and as a consequence the band cancelled the rest of the tour. They resumed performing in March 2007 and released their second album, The Flying Club Cup the same year on October 9th. Parts of the album were performed and recorded by Condon in his bedroom again, but others were recorded with the live band, which resulted in a more organic, live sound. While writing, Condon said he was inspired by French music, like Jacques Brel (whose song Le Moribond he covered on his Elephant Gun EP), and he moved to Paris for a while. During the extensive tour in support of The Flying Club Cup, Condon and the band more or less fell apart from exhaustion once again and disappeared from the radar in April 2008.

Condon took a long break and returned in 2009 with a double EP, March of the Zapotec & Realpeople: Holland. The first was partly recorded in Mexico with the Mexican Band Jimenez and had a more South-American flavour to it than Condon's previous efforts. The second EP 'Holland' was credited to Condon's old name Realpeople and consisted of five electrotracks, once more in the vein of The Magnetic Fields.

The band's album "The Rip Tide" was released in 2011.

Albums
* Gulag Orkestar (May 9, 2006)
* The Flying Club Cup (October 9, 2007)
* The Rip Tide (August 2, 2011)
* No No No (September 11, 2015)
* Gallipoli (February 1, 2019)
* Artifacts (January 28, 2022)

EPs
* Lon Gisland EP (January 30, 2007)
* Pompeii (February 28, 2007)
* Elephant Gun (June 25, 2007)
* March of the Zapotec & Realpeople: Holland (February 17, 2009)
* East Harlem (June 7, 2011)
* The Berlin-Albuquerque Sessions (November 22, 2022)

Official website: www.beirutband.com

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Beirut Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Beirut:

.A Sunday Smile (Encore, une foi) All I want is the best for our…
.Forks And Knives Uptown, the street's in a calming way And outside is warm…
.Nantes Well it's been a long time, long time now Since I've…
.The Flying Club Cup I built my house of reeds upon a marsh in…
.The Penalty Like an ancient day and I'm on trial Let them seize…
01 Scenic World The lights go on The lights go off When things don't feel…
01. The Gulag Orkestar They call it night, They call it night And I know it…
05 Mount Wroclai And I know when time Will pass by slow Without my…
05) Payne's Bay I can't belong to winter I can't put on your fire This…

06.The Canals Of Our City Walls gone over the sea But not for me Watch now, all…
07.Postcards From Italy The times we had Oh, when the wind would blow with…
10. Un Dernier Verre Come sit at the table Under October's able skies Once we'd …
11.-St. Apollonia All these saints that I move without I lose without in…
A Candle Light a candle's fire Carries a good name What would you a…
A Candle's Fire Oh, light a candle's fire Carries our good name What would y…
A candle´s fire Light a candle's fire Carries a good name What would you a…
A Candle’s Fire Oh, light a candle's fire Carries our good name What would y…
A Sunday Smile (Encore, une foi) All I want is the best for our…
After The Curtain What can you do When the curtain falls What will you do Whe…
At Once How do you know At once At last At all How do you find At…
August Holland No, I lost the ramparts and now I want to send…
Baby Smilet hennes perfekt facts Verden får hun fortjent facts På…
Baion It waits for no soul It's too late in the cold It…
Bandenburg Send me now, the winter's over A light turns out and…
Beirut-Scenic World The lights go on The lights go off When things don't feel…
Brandenburg Send me now, the winter's over A light turns out, the…
Bratislava Instrumental " "Bratislava" is a celebratory march for the …
Brazil Brazil, where hearts were entertaining june We stood beneath…
Carousels Carousels twirl all around excited youth I do not mind at…
Cherbourg And a fall from you Is a long way down I've found…
Cliquot A plague in the workhouse, a plague on the poor Now…
East Harlem Another rose wilts in East Harlem And uptown downtown a thou…
Elephant Gun If I was young, I'd flee this town I'd bury my…
Family Curse Love is like the yore It takes us back ashore Let's get…
Fener Certainly I do recall Staring down sunrise to sun fall Don't…
Fisher Island Sound My call in the silence, small town's winter Your child is…
Forks And Knives Uptown, the street's in a calming way And outside is warm…
forks and knives {la fête} Uptown, the street's in a calming way And outside is warm…
Fyodor Dormant Mi Mundo Giró Con los pies cansados por el camino, Con el…
Gallipoli We tell tales to belong Or be spared the sorrow You're so…
Gauze für Zah Oh, I miss the ways you did betray I meant to…
Gibraltar Everything should be fine You'll find things tend to stand i…
Goshen You're on in five It's time you rise Or fade They've gone b…
Gulag Orkestar They call it night, they call it night and I know it…
Guyamas Sonora In the hall I heard your faints falling, your trial and…
Hadsel Take tonight to your bones Lay me down my oar I can…
Hallelujah Now I've heard there was a secret chord That David played,…
Hallelujah (Cohen) I heard there was a secret chord That David played and…
Hot Air Balloon your sandals, your shoes, your calico boots across an ocean…
I Giardini You saw the words and all So what do you care…
In the Mausoleum Time travels to learn Your secret life In your mausoleum An…
Interior Of A Dutch House Could you really be so tired and you thought it…
Island Life So don't drive through town so slow That is something you…
January 18th 'Round this day You are on my mind Sent home to rest…
La Fête Uptown, the street's in a calming way And outside is warm…
La Javanaise J'avoue j'en ai Bavé pas vous, mon amour Avant d'avoir Eu…
La Llorona Ever away from seeing more than life The morning lies miles…
Landslide There's a landslide back on Pity I can't hold on I should…
Le Moribond Adieu l'…
Le Moribond / My Family's Role In The World Revolution Adieu l'Émile je t'aimais bien Adieu l'Émile je t'aimais bi…
Light in the Atoll Oh, I found a light in the atoll We were airborne,…
Mimizan The lines are on board, it's quiet offshore But the wind…
Mount Wroclai And I know when time Will pass by slow Without my…
Mount Wroclai (Idle Days) And I know when time will pass by slow without my heart what…
My Family Ouch! Let's go, let's go It's not my fault, Nick fucked…
My Family's Role In The World Revolution Ouch! Let's go, let's go (laughs) Nick fucked it up again…
My Night with the Prositute from Marseille And we believed her then ooh [Repeat: x4] And now outside Y…
My night with the prostitute from Marseill And we believed her then And we believed her then And we…
My Night With the Prostitute From Marseille and we believed her then and we believed her then and we…
My Wife Lost In The Wild You'll send your eyes your heart to me Where would I…
Nantes Well it's been a long time, long time now Since I've…
Napoleon On The Bellerophon They never heard you play their loud songs, on the…
No No No La-la-la, la-la, la-la La-la-la, la-la, la-la La-la-la, la-l…
O Leãozinho Gosto muito de te ver leãozinho Caminhando sob o sol Gosto…
Pacheco How long? How long? How long? Just so I know How long? How …
Payne I can't belong to winter I can't put on your fire This…
Payne's Bay I can't belong to winter I can't put on your fire This…
Payne’s Bay I can't belong to winter I can't put on your fire This…
Penalty Like an ancient day and I'm on trial Let them seize…
Perth Not of this world Lean as a shadow I was in Perth When…
Poisoning Claude when you jumped into the lake I thought I’d made a…
Port of Call And I, I called through the air that night A calm…
Postcard from Italy The times we had Oh, when the wind would blow with…
Postcards to Italy The times we had Oh, when the wind would blow with…
Prenzlauerberg So alone I cry but something something I came through tonigh…
Regulatory Bare my soul to midnight And I was lost mid-flight I don't…
Rhineland Life, life is all right on the Rhine No, but I…
Santa Fe Your days in one This day undone The kind that breaks under …
Scenic World The lights go on The lights go off When things don't feel…
So Allowed Under the sun sleeping So we'd rehearse evenings It was in e…
So Many Plans And we had so many plans Leap from the sill, see…
So Slowly Sometimes, so slowly I wait for the times To lift me I wait…
Spillhaugen It was wild-eyed And a long time, long time Lost to time It…
St Apollonia All these saints that I move without I lose without in…
Stokmarknes At least sit up Let me fill your cup Been waiting for What's…
Süddeutsches Ton-Bild-Studio I can't believe a thing I say Uptown to stay, for…
The Akara And so long, mistress sings So long, I can't wait To my…
The Bunker Walls gone over the sea But not for me Watch now, all…
The Canals Of Our Cty Walls gone over the sea But not for me Watch now, all…
The Concubine I've been told Ties One child away For Rome to spare I can w…
The Flying Club Cop I built my house of reeds upon a marsh in…
The Gulag Orkestar They call it night, they call it night and I know it…
The Peacock There's an answer for I'm cold again Back in the sand…
The Penalty Like an ancient day and I'm on trial Let them seize…
The Rip Tide And this is the house where I I feel alone Feel alone…
The Shrew She wasn't ever obliged To lift me a buckle or rise And…
The Tern No, it's not so easier Not so easier Not so easier Oh, not…
The+Flying+Club+Cup I built my house of reeds upon a marsh in…
The+Penalty Like an ancient day and I'm on trial Let them seize…
Transatlantique No I couldn't tell you how the house burned down Last…
Un Demier Verre (Pour La Route} Come sit at the table Under October's able skies Once we…
Un Dernier Verre Come sit at the table Under October's able skies Once we'd …
Un Dernier Verre (Pour la Route) Come, sit at the table under October's able skies, Once we'…
Un Dernier Verre {Pour La Route} Come sit at the table Under October's able skies Once we…
Vagabond Left the vagabonds A trail of stones Forward to find my way…
Varieties of Exile Every word sounds like a siren Into the town, breaking the…
Venice What falls What falls on the side Of my soul What falls What…
We Never Lived Here We never lived here at all Never saw what they saw And…

When I Die When I die I want to travel light Or rinse my hands So…

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