Double EP collection March of the Zapotec/Holland is perhaps Beirut's most ambitious outing to date, culminating a year where the musical focus was split deftly and smoothly down the middle. MOTZ finds Zach and the boys in Oaxaca, Mexico.
With the help of the 19 piece Band Jimenez, they craft their most beautifully melancholic songs to date, creating an astounding link between the oompa sounds of Eastern Europe and their Mexican counterparts. Holland is a return to Zach's pre-Beirut bedroom recordings moniker, Realpeople. An exploration into the shimmery waters of synth pop and 90's house, Holland proves that a musically restless soul doesn't quite travel from one country to the next, but instead follows the sounds that speak to it most truly.
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