Beirut “The Rip Tide” (dir. Houmam Abdalla)

Beirut‘s evocative musical style lends itself splendidly to videos, and directors like Sunset Television, Vincent Moon and (as chris mentioned) Alma Har’el have each successfully their own visual touch his songs. But I don’t think I’ve seen a better match for Zach Condon’s minstrel ballads than director Houmam Abdalla‘s stunningly beautiful video for “The Rip Tide”. The video begins fairly conventionally, an abandoned yacht drifting in the vast ocean, but takes an enchanting turn around the 3-minute mark that I think truly captures the whimsical romance of the track.