Beirut - The Gulag Orkestar (4AD)
Text: Phil Hebblethwaite
A teenager from New Mexico doing Balkan-style gypsy music is truly an odd proposition, but somehow wunderkind Zach Condon pulls it off.
God knows whether a Romanian would find this album credible and it doesn't matter - these are the kind of rowdy and brassy songs that make you want to drink a lake of beer.
