Gulag Orkestar Listen to the wunderkind make the oldie-time
music! One part Neutral
Milk Hotel and another Jonathan Richman, this kid manages
to recreate a period of music long gone. What exact period
that is completely escapes me, but I know that no modern tunes
really capture the same feeling that these do. There are muted
trumpets and ukuleles and probably some bowsaws or something
that, along with his voice, recall mystery and romance and
all all sorts of fun old stuff that I'm sure my grandparents
enjoyed back in the day. To say Beirut is affected is an understatement,
but sometimes you want a little theater with your music. In
this case, it really works.
