Hadsel

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AlbumNov 10 / 202312 songs, 47m 44s
Chamber Pop
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7.2 / 10

The band’s sixth album is familiar and intimate, updated with touches of synth and drum machine but still rooted in melancholy brass and Zach Condon’s distinct baritone.

8 / 10

Hadsel comes across as a reunification of Beirut with his listeners after a four-year break and period of reflection.

8.4 / 10

'Hadsel' is the sound of Beirut's Zach Condon using extraordinary musicianship to put his thoughts in order. Read our review.

Wistful troubadour Zach Condon returns with Hadsel, an album of well-written songs that feel a little too familiar.

9 / 10

Hadsel by Beirut album review: Zach Condon's church organ album from the end of the world might be his finest

7 / 10

Beirut has turned inward on Hadsel' and it's an affirming, warm kind of music to serve as a soundtrack for the next valley surely coming for us all.

8.2 / 10

Hadsel by Beirut album review by Igor Bannikov for Northern Transmissions. The group's full-length drops on November 10th via Pompeii Records

The ‘unfathomable beauty’ of a remote Norwegian island has inspired Zach Condon to create a triumphant celebration of life

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Album Reviews: Beirut - Hadsel

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