Welcome to Portland, John Hulcher (and his lovely wife Emilie)!! For anyone curious as to why we’ve gigged so little in the past year and a half, it’s all because we’ve had a prolonged ordeal finding the right bass player. Well that’s over now – we’ve found the right guy, and the Little Beirut lineup has finally been finalized. We’ve actually known this since a rainy evening back in January when Mr. Hulcher, in response to an ad we posted, flew up from San Franciso where he was living at the time and demanded that he be our bass player (and after a couple of notes we weren’t disagreeing…). But we had to WAIT SIX MONTHS before he actually moved here. The wait, while totally worth it, is thankfully over. Last night’s rehearsal kicked ass, and the three of us are soready to not be a bass-less 3 piece any longer. We’re ready to play out!!!
We’re finished with our first proper video, courtesy of stop motion animation maestro David Emmite of local company, Parlor Flick. We were super lucky to work with someone this talented; David also did all of the artwork for Fear of Heaven, some of the imagery of which appears here in the video. Also kudos to his assistant, Jeff Smith who helped with editing. Check David Emmite out here and here.
Hello and welcome to our sparkly new website, courtesy of the fine folks at Pet Marmoset. Summer’s here, the sun is finally shining in Portland, and Little Beirut has a new record in hand…all good things! We wanted to kick it off right by updating our existence online, previously more or less untouched since we put out High Dive. So there are also new Facebook, Myspace, Last.fm, and other sites that you can check out from the shiny colored icons on the right. Yep – it’s all or nothing for us, and right now we’re feeling pretty all.
Fear of Heaven is our new record, and we really want you to hear it. Browse around and you’ll find a song to download for free, others to listen to on our streaming player, different ones to check out on Facebook, and all kinds of merchandise to buy directly from us. Please “fan” us on our Facebook page and make sure to sign up for our email list on this site. Leave us a comment or say hi. Spread the word and we’ll love you.
Also, stay tuned for a video and other cool stuff coming soon.
