Peer Validated

It was only last May when Zach Condon made pee-pants out of every indie kid’s slacks. And then they all wore them around for a week afterwards, trying to justify it with, “this is the pair I was wearing when I first heard Gulag Orkestar.” God, that was fucking gross you guys.And in that amount of time, while the kids where trying to figure out what to do with their pants -

option #1: ask mommy to wash them…totally embarrassing, or

option #2: make some really cool wall art…totally sweet -

Condon has been out doing numerous American and international tours, releasing two more EPs, “Lon Gisland,” and “Pompeii,” and turning 20-years-old. Jeepers creepers…20-years-old.

This video for “Elephant Gun,” the first track on the 5-song “Lon Gisland,” EP, is the latest Beirut development, and it’s armed with some pretty exciting theatrics. The footage from 2:30-3:10, with Condon blowing a trumpet into the abyss of an ocean, is fairly heartbreaking, and who doesn’t love parties where the main ingredients include wine, confetti and elephant trunk masks? I don’t know anyone, not one single person, who doesn’t love them.

So, go on, click on the link. NO WAIT, maybe you should rethink the pants? I don’t know, it’s just a precautionary suggestion.

Also, read up on your stuff at www.beirutband.com, the latest update has Zach and the band “hard at work in the studio, working on the next album…”