March of the Zapotec/Holland EP

March of the Zapotec/Realpeople-Holland EP
EP by Beirut
Released February 17, 2009
Genre Indie folk, Balkan folk
Electronica
Length 34:47
Label Pompeii Records
Beirut chronology
The Flying Club Cup
(2007)		 March of the Zapotec/Holland EP
(2009)		 The Rip Tide
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound(8/10)[1]
NME(8/10)[2]
Pitchfork Media(8.1/10)[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

March of the Zapotec/Holland is a double EP by Beirut. March of the Zapotec contains music influenced by Zach Condon's then recent trip to Oaxaca, Mexico.[5] The Jimenez Band, a 19-piece band from Teotitlán del Valle, backs Condon on this EP.[6] March of the Zapotec also features one of Condon's favorite works, "The Shrew".[7] Holland contains electronic music, credited to "Realpeople", one of Condon's pre-Beirut pseudonyms.[8]

Leak and Early Release

On January 23, 2009, the EPs leaked to file-sharing networks,[9] and four days later, on January 27, the iTunes US and UK stores made the album available for purchase.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Zach Condon. 

March of the Zapotec
No. Title Length
1. "El Zócalo"   0:29
2. "La Llorona"   3:34
3. "My Wife"   2:11
4. "The Akara"   3:54
5. "On a Bayonet"   1:41
6. "The Shrew"   3:44
Total length:
 15:33
Realpeople: Holland
No. Title Length
1. "My Night with the Prostitute from Marseille"   3:07
2. "My Wife, Lost in the Wild"   3:13
3. "Venice"   4:02
4. "The Concubine"   3:28
5. "No Dice"   5:24
Total length:
 19:14

Music videos

Owen Cook animated and directed the official video for "La Llorona", which is thematically related to the legend of La Llorona, a popular story from Mexico also famous in other places in Central America.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Drowned in Sound review
  2. ↑ NME review
  3. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  4. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  5. ↑ Beirut's Zach Condon Discusses New EPs, Time Off
  6. ↑ FORTE Music Distribution Press Release
  7. ↑ Exclusive Interview with Beirut
  8. ↑ Beirut Announce EP/Solo Project Package
  9. ↑ Did It Leak
  10. ↑ New Beirut Video - "La Llorona" (Stereogum Premiere)


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