| The Flying Club Cup |
Beirut Have you ever listened to an album that made you feel like you are in a different time or a different place? Well I just experienced it. While listening to The Flying Club Cup by Beirut, I felt like I was in the 1920’s or the 1930’s. The Flying Club Cup has this 1920/1930’s French like dramatic feel throughout the album. In some songs I feel like there is this circus like music. All of the melodies and rhythms are in synch and tastefully done just like the 1920’s era music. Horns, trumpets, cymbals, ukulele, accordion, clarinet and many more musical instruments can be heard throughout the album. The album opens with an instrumental song ‘A Call To Arms’ where you can hear this horn-like sound for 18 seconds. Then with a very catchy tune ‘Nantes’ which is one of my favourite because it is just so catchy and I can’t pin point on the fact why I find it so catchy. Songs like ‘Guyamas Sayonara’, ‘Cliquot’ and ‘Forks & Knives’ are my favourites. At times I find myself swaying from left to right because I’m in a trance with the music. Zach Condon’s voice is very soothing and amazing, whenever I hear him sing I am at awe. It is very refreshing to listen to The Flying Club Cup because it is something unfamiliar and I have never heard before. For someone who is only in his early 20’s Zach Condon deserves a big pat on the back for producing an album that is creative, something new (for me anyways) and something that I believe that not many would dare to do. 1. “A Call to Arms” – 0:18 © More Than Good Hooks |
