Beirut – The Rip Tide: album stream

Let us know what you think of Beirut's comeback record, their first studio album in four yearsIt's been four years since Beirut released their last studio album, The Flying Club Cup (they've not been entirely quiet in the interim, of course, releasing the March of the Zapotec EP back in 2009). It may be billed as a "dramatic and intimate shift" from Zach Condon's band's previous work, but to our ears The Rip Tide still contains many trademark Beirut-isms: a stirring brass section is ever present...

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