beirut - postcards from italy (video premiere)

beirut - postcards from italy [link 2]

[it's kind of fitting that a new video would be made for a 'classic' Beirut song that's almost two years old. but that's exactly what director Alma Har'el decided on shooting for her 2nd collaboration with Zach Condon aka Beirut.

grabbing footage from home videos bought on ebay mixed in with shots of Zach and his girlfriend Kristianna dressed to fit a bygone era, this is pretty much how i pictured the video in my head. a reminder of just how timeless and sentimental the song really is, it's just perfect that we get this on the eve of his fabulous new album. can you tell i'll be in 'sigh' mode all week? thanks to pitchfork/forkcast for the video tip!]