Sealed brand new copy.
Double vinyl LP pressing.
Artifacts began humbly as a means of compiling a few early Beirut EPs for a proper physical release. However, as Zach Condon explains in album’s excellent liner notes, reconnecting with old recordings through fresh ears turned a simple re-issue project into something much more expansive. “When the decision came to re-release this collection, I found myself digging through hard drives looking for something extra to add to the compilation. What started as a few extra unreleased tracks from my formative recording years quickly grew into an entire extra records-worth of music from my past, and a larger project of remixing and remastering everything I found for good measure.” Artifacts is a phylogenetic tree. A double-LP’s worth music that traces the evolution of Beirut from a 14-year old Condon’s first attempts at bringing the music he heard in his mind to life, to the fully formed Beirut we know today.
TRACKLIST:
LON GISLAND EP, TRANSATLANTIQUE, O LEÃOZINHO
1 Elephant Gun
2 My Family’s Role in the World Revolution
3 Scenic World
4 The Long Island Sound
5 Carousels
6 Transatlantique
7 O Leãozinho
THE MISFITS
1 Autumn Tall Tales
2 Fyodor Dormant
3 Poisoning Claude
4 Bercy
5 Your Sails
6 Irrlichter
EARLY WORKS
1 Sicily
2 Now I’m Gone
3 Napoleon on the Bellerophon
4 Interior of a Dutch House
5 Fountains and Tramways
6 Hot Air Balloon
THE B-SIDES
1 Fisher Island Sound
2 So Slowly
3 Die Treue Zum Ursprung
4 The Crossing
5 Zagora
6 Le Phare Du Cap Bon
7 Babylon
