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 Losses
02 Forest Encyclopedia
03 Oceanus Procellarum
04 Villa Sacchetti
05 Mare Crisium
06 Garbo’s Face
07 Mare Imbrium
08 Tuanaki Atoll
09 Mare Serenitatis
10 Guericke’s Unicorn
11 Mare Humorum
12 Sappho’s Poems
13 Ghost Train
14 Caspian Tiger
15 Mani’s 7 Books
16 Moon Voyager
17 Mare Nectaris
18 Mare Tranquillitatis
