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Zach Condon recorded his debut album with Beirut at the age of 18. A decade on, he’s releasing his fourth album through his original label, 4AD. No No No was recorded over an intense two-week period during a cold, snowy winter in New York City after Condon was experiencing health issues and the breakdown of a relationship, yet it’s surprisingly chipper in its sound.

The album is a little more back-to-basics in its arrangements: although the diverse instrumentation that has always defined Beirut’s worldy indie pop still appears in grandiose songs like ‘So Allowed’, the backbone of the songwriting is formed using a simple rock band setup (guitars, bass, drums, piano)

  1. Gibralter
  2. No No No
  3. At Once
  4. August Holland
  5. As Needed
  6. Perth
  7. Pacheco
  8. Fener
  9. So Allowed