New Beirut Video - "The Concubine"

"The Concubine" comes from the Holland portion of Zach Condon's fantastic double-EP release from earlier this year. It's the EP for which he dusted off his old Realpeople moniker and got back to playing with laptops and keys. That said, this track is a departure from typical Beirut stuff more for its groove than its instrumentation (here accordion and trumpet, per usual), but the pulse beneath is this groovy sort of march which, particularly when performed live along with the rest of that EP's tunes at those stellar Brooklyn shows, pulled the tarp off just one more direction the guy can take his writing. If you can't seem him do those March Of The Zapotec (the Mexican dirge half) and Holland songs live anytime soon, then at least watch him bum a smoke to the world's most dignified man here. Zach's the one in the cowboy hat. (Except for when it's a little kid in the cowboy hat.)

The March Of The Zapotec & Holland EPs are out via Ba Da Bing.

Posted at 5:47 PM by amrit in Video
Tags: Beirut

14 Comments

Such a great song, and the video suits it well.

Posted by: Deezey at 06/16/09 6:05 PM  | Reply
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aw<3

Posted by: cliquot at 06/16/09 6:58 PM  | Reply
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wonderful video. beautiful cinematography for such a longing song.

Posted by: nice at 06/16/09 9:12 PM  | Reply
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New Beirut!! ! Loads of excitement!

Posted by: SubSickAlien at 06/16/09 10:23 PM  | Reply
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great video!!! :D
that is what happen to cowboys that dont go to school >.< lol

Posted by: Rodrigoyiyo at 06/17/09 12:01 AM  | Reply
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Freezie Pops!

Posted by: teeshirtweather at 06/17/09 10:16 AM  | Reply
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Beautiful video. These days I get bored of videos fast, this one was simple and very well done.

Posted by: adam at 06/17/09 11:30 AM  | Reply
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Ah..? I guess it comes down to me to point out the obvious. There is a guy dressed up as GENE SIMMONS in this video!!! All the aloof hipster reserve in the world can't hide the fact that that a freakin' DEMON impersonator shows up in the video. ...

Great song too. Love Beirut.

Posted by: Maddog87 at 06/17/09 11:40 AM  | Reply
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Really? Are you sure? 'Cause I didn't notice that in the photo accompanying the article, or the when it was mentioned in the article itself...thanks buddy!

Posted by: obvious  in reply to Maddog87's comment at 06/17/09 12:05 PM  | Reply
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Yes, wonderful video. Really enjoyed this one. It expresses a longing and restlessness many videos attempt but are rarely successful at conveying. A music video with a heart? Strange these days.

Posted by: Skip at 06/17/09 1:41 PM  | Reply
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Love it. Love him.

Posted by: glazzy at 06/17/09 4:53 PM  | Reply
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A great video, this is a rare thing.

Posted by: King of Carrot Flowers at 06/17/09 9:59 PM  | Reply
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Love the dogs on the roof - that is so New Mexico even if it was filmed in Hollywood - and the Midnight Cowboy reference.

Posted by: madres at 07/02/09 12:30 AM  | Reply
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Love the dogs on the roof - that is so New Mexico even if it was filmed in Hollywood - and the Midnight Cowboy reference.

Posted by: madres at 07/02/09 12:31 AM  | Reply
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