March of the Zapotec/Holland EP

March of the Zapotec/Realpeople-Holland EP
EP by Beirut
Released	February 17, 2009
Genre	Balkan folk Electronica
Label	Ba Da Bing Records
Beirut chronology
The Flying Club Cup (2007) March of the Zapotec/Holland EP (2009) The Rip Tide (2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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, 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.

March of the Zapotec Track listing

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

Holland Track listing

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

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)