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Zach Condon
SHARON VAN ETTEN – Tramp (Part 2)
Tramp is the first Sharon Van Etten album that does justice to her strengths as a singer and songwriter, says Zach Evans, before wondering if her new sound is akin to Dylan going electric. Really? We’re comparing Sharon Van Etten to Bob Dylan, now? Congrats, Sharon! AudioVole has just put you in some rarified company!
BEIRUT – The Rip Tide (Pts 1-4)
Beirut’s third LP, The Rip Tide, is either Zach Condon’s best effort to date or a minor work that sees a prodigious and incredibly young talent in a holding pattern. Depends on who you ask. Brandon and Cutter had at it and one man emerged victorious.
BEIRUT – The Rip Tide (Part 4)
Cutter lays the smack down and establishes himself as the more mature, level headed reviewer in this final leg of The Rip Tide dialectic. He also informs Brandon that if he may be more “hopeless” than “romantic,” which, I’ll be honest, kind of stung a little bit.
BEIRUT – The Rip Tide (Part 3)
“If the National are a one trick pony, their trick is giving blowjobs.” That’s right. Brandon took the “one trick pony” metaphor a step further and maybe a step too far. That, at the end of an already long-ass post. Dude had a lot to say. Most of it’s interesting though, I promise.
BEIRUT – The Rip Tide (Part 2)
Cutter argues that The Rip Tide is Condon’s most personal effort to date and, therefore, his favorite. He also goes to town bludgeoning a one trick pony metaphor to the point that we had to call in the Humane Society to get the son of a bitch to lay off. Hide yo wife, hide yo … Continue reading
BEIRUT – The Rip Tide (Part 1)
Brandon pens a lovely letter to his old friend, Cutter Davis, about his inability to get laid in college. It may or may not have anything to do with Beirut’s third LP, The Rip Tide, out now on his very own imprint, Pompeii. Is this young Zach Condon’s holding pattern or a harbinger for the … Continue reading
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