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Jun 07, 2011 By Mike Hilleary Beirut

Four years since the band’s last full-length, Beirut has announced the release of their newest LP, The Rip Tide, for Aug. 30. Released through frontman Zach Codon’s own imprint, Pompeii Records, you can listen to two of the album’s nine songs (“East Harlem” and “Goshen”) down below, as well as check out the record’s full tracklist. Codon and company will be taking part in an extensive tour leading up to the album’s release this summer.

Beirut - East Harlem by Revolver USA

Beirut - Goshen by ListenBeforeYouBuy

The Rip Tide Tracklist:
01. A Candle’s Fire
02. Santa Fe
03. East Harlem
04. Goshen
05. Payne’s Bay
06. The Rip Tide
07. Vagabond
08. The Peacock
09. Port of Call

Beirut 2011 Tour Dates:
06/08 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live ^
06/10 – New Orleans, LA @ Republic ^
06/12 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music Festival
06/14 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat ^
06/17 – Brooklyn, NY @ Northside Festival (McCarren Park)
06/30 – London, UK @ Hyde Park &
07/03 – St. Gallen, CH @ Montreuz Jazz Fest
07/05 – Ferrara, IT @ Castello Piazza #
07/07 – Novisad, HR @ EXIT Festival
07/09 – Trencin, SL @ Pohoda Festival
07/12 – Arles, FR @ Festival Les Suds
07/14 – Meco, PT @ Super Bock Super Rock Festival
07/16 – Benicassim, ES @ Benicassim Festival
07/18 – Lyon, DR @ Festival Nuits De Fourviere
07/20 – Nyon, CH @ Paleo Festival
07/29 – Portland, ME @ State Theater
07/31 – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Music Festival
08/02 – Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix $
08/04 – Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix $
08/05-07 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
08/10 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
08/12 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
08/14 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands Music Festival
09/02 – Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival
09/04 – Stradbally, IE @ Electric Picnic
09/06 – Manchester, UK @ Academy
09/08 – Amsterdam, NL @ Pardiso
09/12 – Paris, FR @ Olympia
09/14 – Brussels, BE @ AB
09/16 – London, UK @ Brixton Academy

^ = w/ Twin Sister
& = w/ Arcade Fire
# = w/ The National
$ = w/ Owen Pallet

(www.beirutband.com)