Lon Gisland by Beirut

Lon Gisland, Beirut's EP, issued on CD by Ba Da Bing!, followed the acclaimed Gulag Orkestar, and it marks the moment Zach Condon's project became a real band. The full lineup had come together after the album's release, and this was the first record they played on as a group, with Nick Petree on drums and Paul Collins on bass among the crew. The title, for the record, is a play on Long Island, not somebody's name.

The sound is Condon's wistful Balkan brass-band folk, now with actual horns crowding around him, woozy and romantic and a little bit ragged at the edges. "Elephant Gun" is the heart-tugger here, and there's a reworked "Scenic World" carried over from the album. Chouette Records put it out as a single-sided 12" LP.

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