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Beirut - Gallipoli harietspicks 18/10 “Every song is built aroundGallipoli, Beiruts fifth album, started life when Zach Condon returned to his old Farfisa organ, the same one he used to write his first two albums, Gulag Orkestar (2006) and The Flying Club Cup (2007). After stints writing and recording in both New York and Berlin, with time for Zach to recover from a broken arm factored in, band plus producer Gabe Wax (Speedy Ortiz, Soccer Mommy, Adrianne Lenker Big Thief) headed to Puglia in Italy to finish the