zach condon

"...it sounds of no particular origin, the anonymous and unsymbolic blat of mouths on mouthpieces. This is, in one way, a simple, potential critique of Condon's music: the pilfering of international motifs and siphoning of them through a naive palette into a narrativeness, puddle-jumping amalgam. But Beirut's music benefits from an open borders world. In the unworldly way that a college-age-kid can question the inherent language of sound and centuries deep weavings of a geographically-specific culture, Condon has fused nations through his singular, absorbant quest for rich sounds. It's not a small task for anyone, but maybe it's not an impossible one for someone who doesn't have enough experience with life's failures to stop him from trying."

-fader