Sometimes, stuff shows up in your inbox at 2:30 in the morning and just blows you away. Ladies and gentlemen, I present Beirut, a “Balkan Magnetic Fields by way of Neutral Milk Hotel:”

::: Beirut – Postcards From Italy :::

Beirut’s album, Gulag Orkestar is out next month on Ba Da Bing Records. As I told Ben of Ba Da Bing, if I hadn’t received the email from him, there’d already be a Catbird Records offer on the table. This is great stuff.