Beirut Announce Details Of New Album

Beirut have announced details of their first album in four years.

The follow up to 2007’s The Flying Club Cup’, ‘The Rip Tide’ will be released through Pompeii Records (via Forte Distribution in the UK and Revolver in the US) on 29th August 2011.

Full tracklisting for ‘The Rip Tide’ is as follows:

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

The band are set to tour Europe this summer, with dates listed below:
JUNE
30 London UK, Hyde Park

JULY
03 St. Gallen Switzerland, Montreuz Jazz Fest
05 Ferrara Italy, Castello Piazza
07 Novisad Serbia, EXIT Festival
09 Trencin Slovakia, Pohoda Festival
12 Arles France, Festival Les Suds
14 Meco Portugal, Super Bock Super Rock Festival
16 Benicassim Spain, Benicassim Festival
18 Lyon France, Festival Nuits De Fourviere
20 Nyon Switzerland, Paleo Festival

SEPTEMBER
02 Dorset UK, End of the Road
04 Stradballyr Ireland. Electric Picnic
06 Manchester UK, Academy
08 Amsterdam Holland, Paradiso
12 Paris France, Olympia
14 Brussels Belgium, AB
16 London UK, Brixton Academy

Tickets are on sale now. Check here for availability.

You can have a listen to ‘East Harlem’, which will feature on the album, below: