The record is out on November 10th and features 12 tracks about self-doubt and self-healing.
On November 10th the new Beirut record HADSEL will be released after a four-year break – with twelve tracks about self-doubt and self-healing. It is Beirut’s first album after Zach Condon had to end his tour early in 2019 due to a neck problem. The LP was written during a period of retreat when Condon lived in a cabin on the Norwegian island of Hadsel and drew inspiration from his surroundings.
“During my time at Hadsel I worked hard on the music, in a trance and stumbling blindly through my own mental breakdown that I had pushed aside since I was a teenager. He came and made me ring like a bell. Many things from the past and the present tormented me while the beauty of nature, the Northern Lights and the terrifying storms played out an impressive spectacle around me. The few hours of light revealed the incredible beauty of the mountains and fjords, and the hours of twilight filled me with hushed excitement. I’d like to think that the scenery is somehow present in the music,” Zach Condon said of HADSEL in the press release
Listen to the single “So Many Plans” from Beirut’s forthcoming album HADSEL here:
The full tracklist:
01. Hadsel
02. Arctic Forest
03. Baion
04. So Many Plans
05. Melbu
06. Stokmarknes
07. Island Life
08. Spillh eyes
09 January 18th
10. South German sound and image studio
11. The Tern
12. Regulatory