Indie outfit Beirut has announced its latest project, a new album entitled A Study Of Losses debuting April 18. The record has an interesting backstory: Zach Condon was commissioned by the Swedish contemporary circus company Kompani Giraff to create the new music,

Beirut (aka Zach Condon and his band) has announced a new album, A Study of Losses, recorded for a Swedish circus, and shared a new song from it, “Guericke’s Unicorn,” via a music video. A Study of Losses is due out April 18 via Condon’s own Pompeii label.

Last year, Beirut released the song “ Caspian Tiger ” and revealed his first tour in six years. Those shows are still coming up, but in the meantime Zach Condon is announcing A Study Of Losses, an album commissioned by the Swedish circus Kompani Giraff.

Zach Condon has announced the release of a new Beirut album. A Study of Losses is the 18-track odyssey commissioned by Swedish circus Kompani Giraff for an acrobatic stage show of the same name.

Zach Condon has announced a new Beirut album, A Study of Losses, which will arrive on April 18 on his own Pompeii Records. The follow-up to 2023’s Hadsel, which spans 18 tracks, was originally commissioned by Swedish circus Kompani Giraff for an acrobatic stage show of the same name.