Beirut, the orchestral pop project of Zach Condon, have announced a new album. Inspired by Judith Schalansky’s German novel Verzeichnis einiger Verluste, the 18-track A Study of Losses was commissioned by Swedish circus Kompani Giraff for an acrobatic stage show. The record features the previously shared single “Caspian Tiger” and the new song “Guericke’s Unicorn,” which is out today, alongside a music video featuring choreography, puppeteering, and stage design courtesy of Kompani Giraff. Watch it below.
A Study of Losses is out April 18 via Pompeii Records. Hadsel, Condon’s last album as Beirut, came out in November 2023.
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A Study of Losses:
01 Disappearances and Losses02 Forest Encyclopedia03 Oceanus Procellarum04 Villa Sacchetti05 Mare Crisium06 Garbo’s Face07 Mare Imbrium08 Tuanaki Atoll09 Mare Serenitatis10 Guericke’s Unicorn11 Mare Humorum12 Sappho’s Poems13 Ghost Train14 Caspian Tiger15 Mani’s 7 Books16 Moon Voyager17 Mare Nectaris18 Mare Tranquillitatis
