After taking care of that bout of exhaustion set in from too-much-too-fast, blogosphere crown prince Zach Condon has admirably kept his name in your bloglines with well-timed and excellent EPs; videos with rampant, mustachioed debauchery; Grizzly Bear covers; and collabs with the likes of Get Him Eat Him in the studio and the Arcade Fire + Final Fantasy at Bowery. Top that? Young master Condon's got LP #2 in the can and ready to roll, set for release this fall.
So it's road test time, and Zach's been keepin' it Beirut across the Atlantic, doing a set for the sopping wet Glastonbury attendees. And a couple of days ago, the Condon crew gave a more intimate performance at London's Koko, where the band showed off some of the new including full-brassed, accordion oom-pa-pa track "Nantes" and the gorgeous ukulele lament "The Penalty." You can hear both tracks (along with the rest of the set) at Rewritable Content, who have snatched passable-quality audio for your LP-previewing pleasure.
The Flying Club Cup is out 10/9 on Ba Da Bing! Newbies sound great, really psyched for this record. Obviously we are not over our school girl crush on the kid. Tracklist after the jump.
00 "A Call to Arms"
01 "Nantes"
02 "A Sunday Smile"
03 "Guyamas Sonora"
04 "La Banlieu"
05 "Cliquot"
06 "The Penalty"
07 "Forks and Knives (La Fête)"
08 "In the Mausoleum"
09 "Un Dernier Verre (Pour la Route)"
10 "Cherbourg"
11 "St. Apollonia"
12 "The Flying Club Cup"
