Album Review: Beirut - No No No

Beirut are in musical rehab.

American singer-songwriter Zach Condon has stripped back the sound of his project down to their essential elements with this latest album, an elegant second chance. After a messy divorce a few years ago, he suffered a physical and mental breakdown, putting everything on hold. Recorded with his bassist and drummer, this record is, then, the sound of a man recovering from his winter of discontent. The title track documents the jubilant sense of healing he's found in a new lover, all but abandoning much of the Balkan folk music he appropriated on earlier albums.