The Flying Club Cup by Beirut (CD, Oct-2007, Ba Da Bing Records)

Those of you familiar with the Gulag Orkestra and enjoyed it will not be disappointed with this. It has more of the late night French Cafe, romantic, waltzy kind of feel. While the style and flavor of the music is very enjoyable, there is a tendency, more so than the previous release, for the songs to run into eachother without much variation. That seems due in part to the constant use of acordian which for me becomes a little hard to take after a while. Only Tom Waist can pull off an entire record of acordian; (Franks Wild Years).